HC Deb 14 January 2003 vol 397 c561W
Ms Buck

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will include a question concerning pupil turnover in future Form 7 measures of class size and composition. [88853]

Mr. Miliband

There are no plans to analyse routinely class size statistics by pupil turnover.

Mr. Brady

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many infant classes had 31 or more pupils as a result of a statement of special educational needs specifying that a child should attend a particular school in September 2002. [88890]

Mr. Miliband

Provisional figures show that in September 2002 there were 47 infant classes taught by one teacher which had 31 or more pupils as a result of a statement of special educational needs specifying that a child should attend a particular school.

Provisional infant class size information for September 2002 was published on 20 November 2002 in the statistical first release entitled, "Infant Class Sizes in England: September 2002". This showed that nationally there were 307 classes of 31 or more pupils of which 288 were recorded as acceptable under the Education (Infant Class Sizes) Regulations 1998.