HC Deb 13 December 1995 vol 268 cc697-8W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many children were being educated(a) in schools under local education authority control, (b) in grant-maintained schools and (c) privately at the most recent available date. [5497]

amount of money per pupil Which this expenditure represents, though in this case of non-schools expenditure school pupils are not the principal clients.

Mr. Robin Squire

The information requested is shown in the table:

Numbers of pupils1 in schools in England January 1995(provisional)
Number
LEA maintained schools2 6,787,443
Grant-maintained schools3 663,110
Independent schools4 543,433
1Head count of pupils of all ages.
2Includes nursery, primary, secondary and special schools.
3Includes primary, secondary and special schools.
4Includes fee-paying schools. Excludes City Technology Colleges.