{"value":{"id":100797,"askingMemberId":1438,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2014-10-23T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2014-10-27T00:00:00","uin":"211793","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many service children have been recorded in the UK in each year since 2010.","answeringBodyId":60,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Education","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1605,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2014-10-30T00:00:00","answerText":"

The numbers of service children recorded in schools in England since 2010 are as follows:

Year

Number of Service Children [1] [2]

2014

53,850

2013

50,900

2012

49,750

2011

48,070

2010

38,110

The Department for Education is responsible for education in England only and not the whole of the United Kingdom. Information on the devolved administrations; Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is available via their websites.[3]

[1] Data taken from the National Pupil Database, Spring Census data, 2010-2014

[2] Figures are rounded to the nearest ten

[3] Northern Ireland: www.deni.gov.uk/index/facts-and-figures-new/education-statistics.htm

Scotland: www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education

Wales: www.wales.gov.uk/topics/statistics/?lang=en

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