Children's Homes

HC Deb 23 July 2004 vol 424 c773W

Tim Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) announced and (b) unannounced inspections of children's homes have taken place in the past year; how many homes have been inspected; and what percentage of the total this represents. [185523]

Mr. Miliband

[holding answer 20 July 2004]: A total of 3,663 inspections of registered children's homes were carried out by the Commission for Social Care Inspection during the year ending 31 March 2004, of

Maintained primary and secondary schools1: Average size of classes taught by one teacher2—Position in January each year 1997 to 2004
(Provisional v2)
	Leicester South Parliamentary Constituency3
	Primary	Secondary
	Number of pupils	Number of classes	Average class size	Number of pupils	Number of classes	Average class size
1997	8,760	320	27.0	3,680	150	24.2
1998	8,750	310	28.0	3,880	160	24.3
1999	8,410	310	27.1	3,910	160	24.0
2000	8,190	310	26.9	3,960	160	24.6
2001	8,490	320	26.3	3,920	160	24.7
2002	8,890	340	26.4	4,070	160	25.3
2003	8,720	330	26.3	4,050	160	24.8
20044	8,560	320	26.4	4,060	160	25.4
1 Includes middle schools as deemed.
2 Classes as taught during the one selected period in each school on the day of the census in January.
3 Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
4 Provisional.
Source:
Annual Schools Census