§ Mr. McLoughlinTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the total numbers in Derbyshire schools over the last 20 years in the(a) 11 to 16 years, (b) 16 to 19 years and (c) five to 11 years age range. [16714]
§ Mr. Robin SquireInformation on pupils in Derbyshire local education authority area for years 1975–1994 is shown in the table.
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Pupils by age in maintained schools1 in Derbyshire Local Education Authority area: 1975–1994
Position in January each year
Ages at previous 31 August
Pupils aged 5–10 11–15 16–19+ 1975 85,400 67,200 4,300 1976 86,100 67,770 4,300 1977 85,600 69,500 4,400 1978 84,300 70,800 4,300 1979 82,000 71,600 4,300 1980 79,300 72,000 4,300 1981 76,200 72,000 4,600 1982 72,800 71,200 5,100 1983 68,500 70,800 5,200 1984 65,200 69,300 5,100 1985 64,100 67,300 4,900 1986 63,900 64,500 4,700 1987 64,100 61,900 4,400 1988 64,600 58,100 4,440 1989 65,900 54,900 4,900 1990 66,700 52,500 4,700 1991 66,900 51,900 4,600 1992 66,700 52,200 4,900 1993 67,100 52,700 5,200 1994 68,300 53,400 5,000 1 Excludes Sixth Form Colleges which ceased to be classified as schools from 1 April 1993.