§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools have been closed in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Robin Squire[holding answer 17 January 1995]: The table lists, by the year in which the closure was proposed to take effect, the number of approved school closure proposals. In some instances, the actual date of implementation may have been modified from that originally proposed.
Year proposed for closure Number of schools 1990 322 1991 310 1992 437 1993 224 1994 103