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Written question asked by Caroline Lucas (Green Party) on Thursday, 2 February 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 February 2017. It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Thursday, 9 February 2017 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Schools: Census

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children her Department has received information on from the 2016-17 autumn school census; and of those responses how many and what proportions response was (a) refused, (b) not yet obtained and (c) not known to questions on (i) country of birth and (ii) nationality; and if she will make a statement.

Answer

The total number of records, for on roll pupils, included within the 2016 autumn school census was 8,055,271.

It is our intention to publish information on the new nationality and country of birth information in the form of anonymised research within a statistical report. This will be made available later this year following completion of processing, analysis and assessment of data quality.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
62925
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Census Schools
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk