Parliamentary Search

Written question asked by Bim Afolami (Conservative) on Friday, 12 July 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 16 July 2019. It was answered by Anne Milton (Conservative) on Thursday, 18 July 2019 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Private Education

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of UK children that have attended fee paying schools in the UK in each year since 2010.

Answer

The number of pupils attending independent schools in England in each year since 2010 is published in table 1a of the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release. This can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2019.

Information on the nationality of pupils is not collected and information on children attending schools in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the devolved administrations.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
276596
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Private education Pupil numbers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk