Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary schools in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside and (c) the North East were classified as (i) full and (ii) oversubscribed in each year since 2010.

The Department collects information from each local authority on the number of schools, the number of places in those schools and the number of pupils on roll through the annual school capacity survey (SCAP). The Department does not collect school capacity information at parliamentary constituency level.

Data relating to the position in the 2016/17 academic year will be published in the new year. Data for previous years can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-capacity.

Table A, attached, shows the number of primary schools in South Tyneside and the North East which are (i) full and (ii) have one or more pupils in excess of capacity, every year since 2010.

Table B, attached, shows the number of secondary schools in South Tyneside and the North East which are (i) full and (ii) have one or more pupils in excess of capacity, every year since 2010.

The Department does not have a measure for over-subscription. The admissions and offers process is run by the local authorities who are responsible for ensuring that the admissions criteria are applied for all schools.