§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils live more than three miles away from the school that they attend, broken down by region. [167866]
§ Mr. Miliband[holding answer 26 April 2004]: The information requested is shown in the table.
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Numbers of pupils living more than three miles1 from the maintained primary and secondary schools2 that they attend—
January 2003
Primary Number of
school
population
travelling
more than
three miles
Secondary Percentage
of school
population
travelling
more than
three miles
Number of school population
travelling
more than
three miles
Percentage of school
population
travelling
more than
three miles
North East 5,996 2.6 22,703 12.5 North West 17,045 2.7 62,996 13.3 Yorkshire and the Humber
12,909 2.8 51,235 14.6 East Midlands 14,931 4 58,757 19.6 West Midlands 17,648 3.6 54.095 14.2
Numbers of pupils living more than three miles1 from the maintained primary and secondary schools2 that they attend—
January 2003
Primary Number of
school
population
travelling
more than
three miles
Secondary Percentage
of school
population
travelling
more than
three miles
Number of school population
travelling
more than
three miles
Percentage of school
population
travelling
more than
three miles
East of England 21,386 4.7 88,607 22.9 London 14,576 2.3 55,741 13.2 South East 30,805 4.7 114,785 22.5 South West 19,891 5 78,074 23.9 England 155,187 3.7 586,993 17.8 1Distances calculated are straight line. 2Includes middle schools as deemed. Source: Pupil Level Annual Schools' Census.