§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils with special1274W educational needs live more than three miles away from the (a) primary school, (b) secondary school and (c) special school that they attend; and if he will make a statement. [166866]
§ Margaret HodgeThe information requested is shown in the table.
Numbers of pupils living more than three miles1 from the maintained primary, secondary and special schools2 that they
attend, as at January 2003
Primary Secondary Special Number of pupils travelling more than three miles
155,187 583,446 48,447 Percentage of pupils travelling more than three miles3
3.7 17.8 52.1 Number of pupils with SEN travelling more than three miles
28,720 72,548 47,966 Percentage of pupils with SEN travelling more than three miles4
3.8 14.3 52.3 1Distances calculated are straight line. 2Includes middle schools as deemed. Source: Pupil Level Annual Schools' Census.