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Mr. Scott-Hopkins
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many pupils were being educated at independent schools recognised by her Department during 1977.
Mrs. Shirley Williams
In January 1977 there were 326,832 full and part-time pupils in independent schools recognised as efficient. Arrangements for the recognition of independent schools as efficient ended on 30th April 1978.