Schools: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) applications there were for and (b) places there were at each (i) primary and (ii) secondary school in Chorley constituency in each of the last three years. (125247)

The available information is provided in the table.

Information on the number of applications and school places is not collected centrally therefore information on the number of pupils on roll in primary and secondary schools has been provided.

*Maintained primary and secondary schools—January each year 2004 to 2006—Chorley constituency*
Number (headcount) of pupils¹
	Primary schools	Secondary schools
2004	8,815	7,716
2005	8,698	7,719
2006	8,533	7,709
¹ Excludes dually registered pupils. Source: Schools’ Census

Volume 458: debated on Wednesday 28 March 2007