§ Mr. FoulkesTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of places available each year since 1979 in(a) list G schools, (b) list D schools and (c) children's homes.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythInformation about the number of places at schools entered in list G is not collected annually. There are currently around 15,000 such places.
The list D category was abolished from 1 April 1986. From that date, former list D schools were included in the statistical returns as children's homes. The number of places in such schools up to 1986 was as follows.
Places 1979 1,585 1980 1,509 1981 1,514 1982 1,349 1983 1,203 1984 1,099 1985 1,107 1986 857 The number of places in children's homes was as follows.
Places 1979 5,062 1980 5,049 1981 4,669 1982 4,301 1983 3,836 1984 3,442 1985 3,043 1986 2,661 1987 12,995 1988 12,916 1 Includes former list D schools.