HC Deb 19 September 2002 vol 390 cc116-7W
Mr. Flook

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the ethnic ratio is for schools in the Taunton constituency; and if she will make a statement. [73257]

Mr. Miliband

The available information is shown in the table below.

Percentage of Pupils by Ethnic Group (1) in Maintained Primary and Maintained Secondary Schools As at January 2001
Percentage of Pupils
Primary Secondary
White 97.77 94.84
Black Caribbean 0.04 0.03
Black African 0.04 0.15
Black Other 0.07 0.10
Indian 0.06 0.02
Pakistani 0.03 0.03
Bangladeshi 0.04 0.10
Chinese 0.10 0.15
Other 0.73 3.01
Unclassified 1.11 1.54
Number of Pupils 6942 5838

(1) Pupils of compulsory school age and above were classified according to ethnic group.

Source:

Annual Schools' Census