Number of School trips / children who have visited

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Dear Sir or Madam,

Under the Freedom of Information Act, please provide me with
information on the number of School children (or/and) school trips to
the Houses of Parliament last year and in the past few years for
comparison if records are held on it.

Yours faithfully,

John Simpson
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Dear Mr Simpson,

Thank you for your request for information which is copied below.

Numbers of school children visiting the Houses of Parliament through the
Education Service are as follows:

2004-5 9,768
2005-6 11,171
2006-7 17,000
2007-8 29,344
2008-9 36,211

Other school children visited Parliament as part of tours arranged by MPs
and others. However, the number of such visits is not recorded.

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