Written question asked by David Martin (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 6 February 1997. It was answered by Cheryl Gillan (Conservative) on Thursday, 6 February 1997 on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.

Dept for Education and Employment

Question: How many available places there are under the assisted places scheme in (a) Portsmouth Grammar School, (b) Portsmouth High School for Girls and (c) Sir John's College, Southsea; and how many have been taken up. - Table given.

Answer: Mr. David Martin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many available places there are under the assisted places scheme in (a) Portsmouth grammar school, (b) Portsmouth high school for girls and (c) Sir John's college, Southsea; and how many have been taken up. [13919] Mrs. Gillan: The information requested is given in the following table. Assisted places scheme: Academic year 1996-97 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of assisted places available Number of assisted places taken up (a) Portsmouth grammar school 234 188 (b) Portsmouth high school for girls 180 135 (c) Sir John's college, Southsea 200 199 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 13919; 289 c706W
Session: 1996-97
Subjects: Assisted places scheme Take-up Portsmouth Portsmouth Grammar School Portsmouth High School for Girls Sir Johns College Southsea
Contains statistics: Yes