Pupils (West Lancashire)

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school age children normally resident in the West Lancashire district council area are being educated outside the local education authority area. (83566)

The information requested has been provided in the following table.

	Number of pupils¹residing within West Lancashire Local Authority District	Number of pupils¹ residing within West Lancashire Local Authority Attending schools outside of the Local Authority District	Percentage of pupils¹ residing within West Lancashire Local Authority Attending schools outside of the Local Authority District
Primary²	7,739	437	5.6
Secondary³	7,233	981	13.5
Total	14,972	1,418	9.5
¹ Maintained Primary and secondary schools .includes pupils aged 5 to 15 years, solely registered or main registration of dually registered pupils, excludes boarders ² Includes primary and middle deemed primary ³ Includes secondary and middle deemed secondary Source: Schools census 2006 provisional

Volume 448: debated on Wednesday 12 July 2006