Pupils: Asylum

(asked on 26th June 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children of asylum seekers are enrolled in state-funded (a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and whether such data is available by region and local authority.


Answered by
Josh MacAlister Portrait
Josh MacAlister
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
This question was answered on 9th July 2026

The Department for Education does not hold data on pupils at state-funded schools in England who are the children of asylum seekers.

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