§ Dan NorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) how many pupils aged five to 16 years are being educated in schools in the(a) Bath and North East Somerset and (b) South Gloucestershire Council area which have benefited directly from capital building projects under the Government's New Deal for Schools programme; [71074]
(2) how many schools in the (a) Bath and North East Somerset and (b) South Gloucestershire Council area have benefited directly from capital building projects under the Government's New Deal for Schools programme. [71073]
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§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe information requested is shown in the following table:
Number of School which have benefited under New Deal for Schools Estimated number of pupils ages 5–16 years 1 attending schools which have benefited under the New Deal for schools Bath and North East Somerset 85 21,357 South Gloucestershire 12 4,019 1 The number of compulsory school age children as at January 1998 aged 4 to 15 as at 31 August 1997