To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children in Ashfield constituency are entitled to the pupil premium; and what assessment he has made of whether receipt of that premium has had a corresponding effect on levels of attainment.

According to data held by the Department for Education 4,005 pupils in Ashfield schools were eligible for the pupil premium in 2012.

The Department for Education publishes annual attainment data for disadvantaged pupils who are eligible for the pupil premium. Results for 2012, the first year to reflect the impact of a full year of pupil premium, showed a larger than expected narrowing of attainment gaps nationally for both key stage 2 and key stage 4.

A copy of the key stage 2 and key stage 4 performance tables data on disadvantaged pupils for each school in Ashfield has been placed in the House Library.