A question on #PrivateEducation tabled by Damian Hinds on 23-06-2025 has been answered by Stephen Morgan.

Heading: Private Education
Question ID: 1815377
UIN: 61751
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-23
Asking Member ID: 3969
Asking Member display name: Damian Hinds
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Damian Hinds
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the fall in the number of children at independent schools was in line with her Department’s projections.
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Date answered: 2025-07-03
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4653
Answering Member display name: Stephen Morgan
Answering Member handle: stephenmorganmp
Answering Member Twitter reference: @stephenmorganmp
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Answer text: Pupil numbers remain firmly within expectations and higher than 2021/22. As a percentage of the overall school population, private school pupils have remained the same, at 6.5%. It has been between 6% and 7% for the last two decades.
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Answering body ID: 60
Answering body name: Department for Education
Tweeted: true