HC Deb 27 March 2001 vol 365 c557W
Mr. Dismore

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many(a) Jewish schools in the UK received public funds and (b) Jewish schools there were in the UK, in each of the last five years. [155618]

Ms Estelle Morris

The total number of Jewish schools and the number which received public funds as maintained schools in England as at[...]1 January in the last five years are as follows:

Total number of Jewish schools Number of maintained Jewish schools
1997 70 26
1998 72 27
1999 74 28
2000 78 31
2001 178 32
Provisional

Information about Jewish schools in the rest of the UK can be obtained from the Scottish Executive, the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly.