HC Deb 13 January 1995 vol 252 cc223-4W
Mr. Donohoe

To 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 Squire

The 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.

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