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Mr. Pawsey
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children attend city technology colleges, grant-maintained schools and grammar schools and use the assisted-places scheme.
Mr. Eggar
The numbers of pupils attending those schools in England in January 1991 are shown in the table. In the same academic year 26,740 pupils in independent schools received support under the assisted places scheme.
| Number of pupils | |
| City technology colleges | 3,429 |
| Grant-maintained schools1 | 36,445 |
| LEA-maintained grammar schools | 91,116 |
| 1 Includes grant-maintained grammar schools. | |