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20.
Mr. Flannery
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children are attending private boarding schools at public expense; and if she will make a statement.
Miss Margaret Jackson
About 30,000 pupils attend independent and direct grant schools as boarders with full or partial support from public funds, including the children of Service men and other Crown servants and handicapped and other pupils assisted by local education authorities. Exact information is not currenty available but is being collected.