Dual Placements

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many school-aged children in (a) St. Albans constituency and (b) Hertfordshire have had a dual placement in a special school and a mainstream school in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. (112997)

The available information on the number of pupils of compulsory school age with dual registration status is given in the following table.

Pupils who are dually registered at two schools will generally spend more time at one school (dual “main” registration) than at the other (dual “subsidiary” registration). A detailed breakdown of dual registrations is not available from all school types.

Maintained primary, secondary and all special schools, pupil referral units and independent schools: number of dually registered pupils: Position in January each year: 2002 to 2006, Hertfordshire local authority area and St. Albans constituency
Headcount of pupils aged 5 to 15¹
	Maintained primary and secondary schools²	Maintained special schools	Non-maintained special schools	Pupil referral units	Independent schools
	Dual (main)	Dual (subsidiary)	Dual (main)	Dual (subsidiary)	Dual (main)	Dual (subsidiary)	Dual⁴	Dual⁴
Hertfordshire local authority area
2002³	0	5	⁵—	12	0	⁶—	47	⁶—
2003	7	16	12	12	0	0	65	⁶—
2004	16	15	15	15	0	0	29	⁶—
2005	16	16	23	18	0	0	40	⁶—
2006	60	12	20	17	0	0	37	⁶—

St. Albans parliamentary constituency
2002³	0	0	0	0	0	⁶—	7	⁶—
2003	0	0	9	⁵—	0	0	8	⁶—
2004	0	0	10	⁵—	0	0	⁵—	⁶—
2005	0	0	15	0	0	0	⁵—	⁶—
2006	⁵—	⁵—	15	0	0	0	⁵—	⁶—
¹ Age at the start of the school year. ² Includes middle schools as deemed. ³ Due to differences and changes in the underlying data collection, the number of pupils with dual subsidiary registration are not available for non-maintained special schools for 2002. ⁴ Includes both main and subsidiary dual registrations. ⁵ One or two pupils. ⁶ Not available. Source: Schools’ Census.

Volume 455: debated on Thursday 11 January 2007