§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the number of independent schools operating in England for each financial year since 1975.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe information available is given in the following table for January of each calendar year:
Year Number of independent schools 1975 2,477 1976 2,437 1977 2,400 1978 2,379 1979 2,361 1980 2,348 1981 2,339 1982 2,338 1983 2,344 1984 2,331 1985 2,311 1986 2,285 1987 2,276 1988 2,273 1989 2,269 1990 2,283 1991 2,287 1992 2,269 1993 2,261 Note:
The numbers relate to England only and from 1990 include city technology colleges.
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Education component of Standard Spending Assessment per pupil, in sub-blocks 5 to 10 and 11 to 15 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 5 to 10 11 to 15 5 to 10 11 to 15 5 to 10 11 to 15 5 to 10 11 to 15 City of London 2,264 3,306 3,015 4,382 3,133 4,392 2,901 9,069 Camden 2,522 3,696 2,724 3,966 2,744 3,850 2,900 3,653 Greenwich 2,377 3,480 2,424 3,524 2,583 3,621 2,711 3,595 Hackney 2,918 4,283 3,126 4,558 2,976 4,180 3,076 4,366 Hammersmith and Fulham 2,593 3,802 2,815 4,101 2,716 3,811 2,904 3,783 Islington 2,701 3,961 2,824 4,114 2,861 4,017 2,888 3,969 Kensington and Chelsea 2,611 3,828 2,755 4,011 2,645 3,710 2,852 4,077