§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many children resident in the constituency of South-East Staffordshire have a school place in the independent sector through the assisted places scheme. [14827]
§ Mrs. GillanThe information is not collected in the form requested. Five independent schools in the Staffordshire local education authority area currently participate in the assisted places scheme, none of them situated in the South-East Staffordshire constituency. There are 595 assisted pupils at these schools in the current academic year 1995–96. The majority of these pupils are likely to be resident in Staffordshire but some may be drawn from a wider catchment area.