§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will estimate(a) how many students resident in Newcastle are educated in local education authorities outside Newcastle, (b) how many students are educated in Newcastle local education authority schools who are resident in other local education authorities, (c) how many school students resident in Newcastle were educated in non-local education authority schools in 1996–97 and (d) how many school students resident in Newcastle who will be educated in local education authority schools in 1999–2000 in each local education authority in the City of Newcastle. [71703]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe following table sets out the estimated information requested for(a) and (b) for 1996–97, although the figures should be treated with caution since, following the reform of inter-authority recoupment in 1995–96, many authorities made representations that it was no longer possible for them to collect robust data on cross-border pupil movements. There are no comparable data for 1999–2000 and information on the residence of pupils attending independent schools has never been collected centrally.
Local education authority Estimated exports aged 5–15 Estimated imports aged 5–15 Gateshead 591 608 Newcastle upon Tyne 1,377 1,076 North Tyneside 807 757 South Tyneside 185 362 Note:
1. The figures are derived from the form 8A/539F returns received from local education authorities in respect of the 1996–97 financial year. Several authorities expressed reservations about the quality of the data or made incomplete returns based on estimates derived from previous years.