§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the average amount of time spent in schools on physical education per week for children aged under 17 years for each year since 1979–80.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThis information is not available in the form requested. However, recent secondary school
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LEA Places proposed to be removed where known Proposals under consideration for: (a) Up to 3 months (b) 3–6 months (c) 6–9 months (d) 9–12 months (e) In excess of 12months Avon 55 — 1 — — 1 Barking and Dagenham — — 1 — — — Barnet — 2 — — 1 — Bedfordshire — — — — 1 — Bexley — — 1 — — — Birmingham — — 2 — — — Bradford — 1 — 1 — — Bromley — — 2 — — — Buckinghamshire 30 2 — — — — Cambridge — 3 — — — — Cornwall — 1 — — — — Coventry — — 4 — — — Croydon — 7 1 1 — — Devon — 1 — — — — staffing surveys have provided information regarding the proportion of pupil periods spent on PE in maintained secondary schools in 1984, 1988 and 1992.
Proportion of pupil periods spent on PE Percentages Year group 7 8 9 10 11 1983–84 10.4 9.8 9.0 8.1 7.5 1987–88 9.4 9.3 8.3 7.9 7.3 1991–92 9.1 8.9 8.3 7.7 7.2 Source: Secondary school staffing surveys.
In junior classes in maintained primary schools in England in 1986–87, 10 per cent. of class time was spent on PE, games or swimming. Comparable data for other years is not available.