HC Deb 10 November 1998 vol 319 c132W
Mr. Brady

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many secondary schools were in the maintained sector in(a) 1998 or the most recent available date, (b) 1988, (c) 1978 and (d) 1968.v [58345]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The information requested is shown in the following table:

Number of maintained secondary schools in England
January of each year Number
1968 5,222
1978 4,711
1988 4,153
1998 3,567