Faith Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of pupils attending (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in North Dorset are (i) Christian, (ii) Muslim, (iii) Jewish, (iv) Buddhist, (v) Hindu and (vi) of no religion.[96718]

The information requested is not collected centrally.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many faith schools there are in North Dorset. (96719)

The information requested is shown in the table.

*Maintained primary and secondary schools*¹*: number of schools by religious character, January 2006, North Dorset parliamentary constituency*
	Maintained primary	Maintained secondary
No religious character	12	5
Church of England	27	3
Roman Catholic	2	0
Methodist	0	0
Other Christian faith²	0	0
Jewish	0	0
Muslim	0	0
Sikh	0	0
Other	0	0
Total	41	8
¹ Includes middle schools as deemed. ² Includes schools of mixed denomination and other Christian beliefs. Source: Schools’ Census and EduBase

Volume 450: debated on Thursday 26 October 2006