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Mr. Knox
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many pupils there were in primary schools and
| Thousands | |||||||||
| January of each year | |||||||||
| 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | |||||
| actual | actual | actual | projected | projected | |||||
| Nursery and primary* | … | … | 4,735 | 4,602 | 4,476 | 4,311 | 4,133 | ||
| Secondary | … | … | … | … | 3,799 | 3,852 | 3,872 | 3,867 | 3,830 |
| TOTAL | … | … | … | 8,534 | 8,454 | 8,348 | 8,178 | 7,963 | |
| * Counting each part-time pupil as 0·5. | |||||||||