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Written question asked by Kerry McCarthy (Labour) on Friday, 6 October 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 October 2006. It was answered by Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) on Monday, 16 October 2006 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Schoolchildren (Bristol)

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 13 September 2006, Official Report, column 2387W, on schoolchildren (Bristol), what the figures were in 1997.
Answer

We are unable to supply figures relating to 1997. The Department did not collect the individual level information required to produce these figures until 2002. Figures for 2002 have been provided. We are unable to provide residency based figures for children educated in the Independent sector as the Department does not collect individual level information for pupils in the Independent sector.The information for primary and secondary schools in the maintained sector has been provided in the following table.

Primary¹ Secondary² Total
Number of pupils³ residing within Bristol local authority 2002 31,451 20,924 52,375
Number of pupils³ residing within Bristol local authority who attend schools outside of the local authority 2002 1,260 4,067 5,327
Percentage of pupils³ residing within Bristol local authority who attend schools outside of the local authority 2002 4.0 19.4 10.2
Percentage point change 2002-06 +0.1 +0.8 +0.8
¹ Includes primary and middle deemed primary.
² Includes secondary, middle deemed secondary, City Technology Colleges and Academies.
³ Includes pupils aged 5 to 15 years, solely registered or main registration of dually registered pupils, excludes boarders.
Source:
School Census

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
92342; 450 c934W;450 c940W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Bristol Pupils
Link
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