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42.
Mr. McNally
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many assisted places are provided by the metropolitan district of Stockport to send children to schools outside the State system; and how this figure compares with the number of places granted by other authorities in Greater Manchester.
Dr. Boyson
The metropolitan borough of Stockport was assisting 1,658 pupils attending non-maintained schools in January 1979. The number of pupils assisted by other education authorities in Greater Manchester was as follows:
| Bolton | … | … | … | 1,594 |
| Bury | … | … | … | 866 |
| Manchester | … | … | … | 398 |
| Oldham | … | … | … | 307 |
| Rochdale | … | … | … | 411 |
| Salford | … | … | … | 95 |
| Tameside | … | … | … | 400 |
| Trafford | … | … | … | 1,801 |
| Wigan | … | … | … | 329 |