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<p>The department publishes figures on the number of independent schools and pupils
attending them in the annual ‘Schools, Pupils and Characteristics’ release, by national
totals and by local authority in tables 1a, 1b, and 1c, available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2019"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2019</a>.</p><p>The
underlying data file includes figures for individual schools including school name,
school type, parliamentary constituency and location. Full addresses can be found
at the Get Information About Schools website, available here: <a href="https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/"
target="_blank">https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>The Oxford
Analytics October 2018 report, 'The Impact of Independent Schools on the UK Economy'
estimated that independent schools provide an annualised taxpayer cost saving of £3.5
billion, compared to the cost of educating all pupils in the state sector.</p>
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