To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the number of out-of-school children there were in India in (a) 2006 and (b) 2007. (233794)

On the basis of Government of India reporting and an independent study, it is estimated that there were : (a) 13.4 million children aged six to 14 years out of school in academic year 2005/06; and (b) 7.5 million children aged six to 14 years out of school in academic year 2006/07.