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Mr. Luce
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what have been the number of pupils attending independent schools per annum for the last 10 years.
Mr. van Straubenzee
The information, for January of each year, is as follows:
| 1961 | 495,441 |
| 1962 | 494,959 |
| 1963 | 485,458 |
| 1964 | 469,344 |
| 1965 | 457,314 |
| 1966 | 448,824 |
| 1967 | 437,508 |
| 1968 | 422,287 |
| 1969 | 417,249 |
| 1970 | 413,788 |
| 1971 | 408,394 |