HC Deb 26 November 1987 vol 123 cc275-6W
Mr. Tim Smith

To ask the Secretary of Education and Science what information about standard numbers applying to primary and secondary schools under section 15 of the Education Act 1980 is held centrally; and whether comparable actual numbers are held centrally.

Mr. Dunn

The Department does not keep a central record of standard numbers or planned admissions limits for individual schools. But LEAs and governors have a duty annually to publish planned admissions limits in respect of each school in literature for parents, and some of this information is made available to the Department. In addition, in January of each year, LEAs make a statistical return to the Department of the numbers of pupils on the roll of each school.

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