§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many, and what percentage of children in secondary education were in private schools(a) in each English local education authority and (b)in England as whole in (i) the latest year for which figures are available and (ii) each of the two preceding years. [160618]
§ Ms Estelle Morris[holding answer 9 May 2001]: The information requested is not collected centrally.
The annual schools' census collects information on pupils in independent schools educated in those schools, regardless of where the pupils live. Therefore, information is not available on the area of residence of pupils in independent schools and which local education authority would be responsible for them. Areas have different densities of independent schools which would lead to an over estimate of the proportion of pupils in independent schools in some areas.
Also, independent schools are not classified as primary or secondary.