Small Schools

HC Deb 18 June 2002 vol 387 c301W

Mr. Wray

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many small schools in the UK have been amalgamated since 1997. [61199]

Mr. Miliband

[holding answer 13 June 2002]: Since 2000 the number of small schools in England that have been amalgamated is as follows:

	Number
2000	17
2001	25
2002	5

The Department only holds data on schools in England. It does not have reliable data on the number of small schools that were amalgamated before 2000.