HC Deb 02 July 2002 vol 388 cc235-6W
Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the ethnic ratio is for schools in the Portsmouth, South constituency; and if she will make a statement. [64479]

Mr. Stephen Twigg

The information requested is shown in the table.

Percentage of pupils by ethnic group1 in maintained primary and secondary schools in the Portsmouth, South constituency as at January 2001
Primary Secondary
White 92.6 94.3
Black Caribbean 0.2 0.1
Black African 0.3 0.1
Black Other 0.4 0.2
Indian 0.6 0.7
Pakistani 0.1 0.1
Bangladeshi 4.3 2.6
Chinese 0.5 0.6

Percentage of pupils by ethnic group1 in maintained primary and secondary schools in the Portsmouth, South constituency as at January 2001
Primary Secondary
Other 1.0 1.2
All pupils: per cent. 100.0 100.0
Number of pupils 5,735 5,380
1Only pupils of compulsory school age and above were classified according to ethnic group.

Source:

Annual Schools Census

Data for 2002 are not yet available by parliamentary constituency.

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