Written question asked by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 4 July 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 6 July 2005. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Monday, 11 July 2005 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Education

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children are attending schools in the London borough of Sutton in the 2004/05 academic year, broken down by (a) the local authority in which the child is resident and (b) whether the child is attending (i) primary, (ii) secondary and (iii) special school.

Answer

The information requested broken down by local education authority has been provided in the following tables:

Total number of pupils attending schools in Sutton, broken down by residing authority
	Numberof pupils	Percentage of pupils
Pupils attending schools in Sutton	31,297	100.0

Home authority
Sutton	24,883	79.5
Croydon	2,383	7.6
Merton	1,624	5.2
Surrey	1,548	4.9
Kingston upon Thames	391	1.2
Lambeth	160	0.5
Wandsworth	120	0.4
Bromley	36	0.1
Lewisham	33	0.1
Southwark	22	0.1
Other LEAs	33	0.1
Unknown/not given	64	0.2
Note: ‘—' denotes percentage of less than 0.05 per cent. Source: PLASC 2005 Provisional data
⁽⁹⁹⁾ Residence of pupil unknown/not given.

Total number of pupils attending schools in Sutton, broken down by phase of education
	Numberof pupils	Percentage of pupils
Pupils attending schools in Sutton	31,297	100.0

School type
Primary	15,051	48.1
Secondary	15,974	51.0
Special	272	0.9
Source: PLASC 2005 Provisional data.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 10331; 436 c836W;436 c837W
Session: 2005-06
Related items: Education
Monday, 18 July 2005
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Pupils Sutton