Schools: Bexley

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools there were in the London Borough of Bexley in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009. (321057)

The information requested is shown in the following table.

*Number of maintained primary*¹ *and state funded secondary schools*^1,2, 1997 and 2009—Coverage: Bexley
	1997	2009
Primary	64	58
Secondary	16	16
¹ Includes middle schools as deemed. ² Includes city technology colleges and academies. Source: School Census

Volume 508: debated on Wednesday 24 March 2010