To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and which schools and academies have been designated as having a religious character since 1997. (220229)

The table 8 of the Statistical First Release (SFR 30/2007) reports information about Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools and is available at:

http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000744/index.shtml

This information will be updated for 2008, on Thursday 24 July and will be available on the Research and Statistics Gateway at:

http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000786/index.shtml

The definition has been amended from 2008 and now includes maintained primary and secondary schools and academies.