Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of children of service personnel receiving education in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Oxford West and Abingdon constituency.

The service child indicator collected annually via the school census is self-declared by parents. This indicator identifies children with parents who, at census day, are service personnel who are exercising parental care and responsibility and serving in: regular HM Forces military units; full commitment as part of the full time reserve service; or in the armed forces of another nation and stationed in England.

Data from the 2017 spring school census, reflecting the position in schools as at 19 January 2017, shows that:

a) 218 pupils recorded as a service child were on roll of primary schools in Oxford West and Abingdon constituency.

b) 96 pupils recorded as a service child were on roll of secondary schools in Oxford West and Abingdon constituency.

Additionally, the service child element of the pupil premium is allocated to children in year groups reception to year 11 who have been recorded as a service child on any pupil level census in the last 6 years or whose parent(s) are in receipt of a War Pension Scheme or Armed Forces and Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme pension from the Ministry of Defence as a result of injury, illness or death caused by Service.

Pupil premium allocations for the 2017 to 2018 financial year show there were 357 pupils in Oxford West and Abingdon constituency eligible for the service child element of the pupil premium. Of these:

a) 232 pupils were eligible for the service child element of the pupil premium and on roll of primary schools in Oxford West and Abingdon constituency.

b) 118 pupils were eligible for the service child element of the pupil premium and on roll of secondary schools in Oxford West and Abingdon constituency.

c) 7 pupils were eligible for the service child element of the pupil premium and on roll of special schools in Oxford West and Abingdon constituency.

Further information can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2017-to-2018.