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Mr. McNally
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the estimated number of (a) primary school pupils and (b) secondary school pupils attending schools in England in (i) 1981–82, (ii) 1982–83 and (iii) his best estimate of the numbers in each category in each year from 1983–84 to 1988–89.
Dr. Boyson
The provisional count of pupils in maintained schools in England in January 1982 and projections for each of the following seven years are as follows:
| Pupils*(thousands) | ||
| January | Primary (5+) | Secondary |
| 1982 | 3,619 | 3,798 |
| 1983 | 3,432 | 3,748 |
| 1984 | 3,317 | 3,659 |
| 1985 | 3,275 | 3,544 |
| 1986 | 3,289 | 3,407 |
| 1987 | 3,303 | 3,267 |
| 1988 | 3,328 | 3,099 |
| 1989 | 3,375 | 2,954 |
| * Aged 5 years or over at the previous 31 December. | ||
Note: Middle schools are included according to whether deemed primary or secondary.