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Dr. Hampson
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of secondary school pupils were educated in comprehensive schools in 1960, 1964, 1970 and at the latest available date.
Mrs. Shirley Williams
In January 1977, the latest date for which figures are available, the proportion of pupils in maintained secondary schools in England and Wales who were being educated in comprehensive schools was 79·9 per cent. The comparable proportions for 1960, 1964 and 1970 were 4·7 per cent., 7·0 per cent. and 32·0 per cent. respectively. These proportions include the pupils in middle schools deemed secondary schools.