Written question asked by Maria Miller (Conservative) on Tuesday, 21 July 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 October 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 12 October 2009 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Pupils: Languages

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools had English as an additional language in (i) Basingstoke, (ii) Hampshire and (iii) England in each of the last 10 years.

Answer

The information requested is shown in the table.

Primary and secondary schools¹: Number and percentage of pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English
	Pupils of compulsory school age and above
	Primary schools²	Secondary schools²,³
	Number of pupils	Percentage of pupils4	Number of pupils	Percentage of pupils4
England
2000	311,510	8.7	256,430	8.0
2001	331,510	9.3	259,940	8.0
2002	350,480	10.0	283,300	8.6
2003	364,940	10.5	294,300	8.8
2004	376,600	11.0	296,990	8.9
2005	395,270	11.6	303,920	9.1
2006	419,600	12.5	320,360	9.6
2007	447,480	13.5	352,970	10.6
2008	466,420	14.3	349,040	10.6
2009	492,390	15.2	364,280	11.1

Hampshire
2000	1,150	1.3	660	0.9
2001	1,060	1.2	690	1.0
2002	1,080	1.2	800	1.1
2003	1,300	1.5	980	1.4
2004	1,630	1.9	1,050	1.4
2005	1,670	2.0	1,150	1.6
2006	2,010	2.4	1,440	2.0
2007	2,490	3.0	1,770	2.5
2008	2,790	3.4	2,070	2.9
2009	3,040	3.8	2,240	3.2

Basingstoke
2000	140	1.6	110	1.8
2001	150	1.9	110	1.8
2002	180	2.2	120	1.9
2003	240	2.9	100	1.6
2004	260	3.1	170	2.6
2005	300	3.6	160	2.6
2006	360	4.4	200	3.2
2007	420	5.2	270	4.2
2008	510	6.3	310	5.2
2009	570	7.1	350	6.1
¹ Pupils of compulsory school age and above were classified by first language. Excludes dual registrations.
² Includes middle schools as deemed.
³ Includes CTCs and Academies.
4 The number of pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English expressed as a percentage of the number of pupils of compulsory school age and above.
Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
School Census.

Secondary information