§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many children of school age resident in Newcastle are educated in(a) independent schools and (b) local education authority maintained schools outside Newcastle; and how many children from outside Newcastle are educated in schools maintained by Newcastle local education authorities. [112135]
§ Ms Estelle Morris[holding answer 28 February 2000]: The total number of children of school age resident in the Newcastle upon Tyne local education authority area and educated in independent schools is not collected centrally. However, in January 1999 the number of children of school age resident in the Newcastle upon Tyne local education authority area and educated in non-maintained special schools was 30 and a further 39 were receiving special educational treatment in independent schools.
The total number of children of school age resident in the Newcastle upon Tyne local education authority area and educated in local authority maintained schools outside the area was 35 in January 1999.
In January 1999, the total number of children of school age resident in other local authority areas and educated in maintained schools in the Newcastle upon Tyne local education authority area was 113, including 38 children without statements who were in hospital.