§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the number of maintained grammar schools in England in(a) June 1970, (b) February 1974, (c) May 1979 and (d) the latest available date.
§ Mr. EggarInformation relating to the precise dates requested is not available. However, the numbers of maintained grammar schools in England as at January 1970, 1974, 1979 and 1991 are given in the following table.
559WThe 1991 figure (which is provisional) includes grant-maintained grammar schools. Direct grant grammar schools (which ceased to exist as such in 1980) are excluded from the figures for 1970, 1974 and 1979.
Maintained Grammar Schools 1970 1,038 1974 675 1979 254 1991 148