HC Deb 23 February 1987 vol 111 cc41-7W
Mr. Ashdown

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, (1) further to his reply to the hon. Member for Yeovil on 2 February, Official Report,

Table 1-LEAS' responses to Department's letter of 5 February 19821
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Local Education Authority Places in un-remodelled primary schools constructed before 1903 Number in (1) in areas of educational and social disadvantage Places in unremodelled secondary schools2 Number in (3) in areas of educational and social disadvantage
Barking 721 721 nil nil
Barnet 1,690 915 1,135 nil
Bexley 1,200 250 nil nil
Brent 1,200 1,200 1,250 1,250
Bromley 4,000 3420 1,200 3420
Croydon 2,084 n/a 1,830 n/a
Ealing n/a n/a n/a n/a
Enfield 2,525 32,280 360 32,280
Haringey 3,345 1,947 2,998 1,937
Harrow nil nil nil nil
Havering 1,750 3575 1,100 3575
Hillingdon 742 nil nil nil
Hounslow 850 nil nil nil
Kingston-upon-Thames 650 nil nil nil
Merton 1,340 930 1,249 577
Newham 3,504 3,504 2,102 2,102
Redbridge 3,755 3968 1,453 3968
Richmond-upon-Thames 556 nil n/a n/a
Sutton 156 nil nil nit
Waltham Forest 3,120 2,850 3,490 3,020
Inner London 49,016 17,204 15,125 10,228
Birmingham 12,256 10,824 6,697 3,454
Coventry 1,600 1,050 nil nil
Dudley 5,400 1,200 3,700 1,050
Sandwell 2,718 34,119 1,835 34,119
Solihull nil nil nil nil
Walsall 2,544 2,544 600 nil
Wolverhampton 1,545 31,6365 1,450 31,635
Knowsley nil nil nil nil
Liverpool 6,544 33,988 5,184 33,988

column 470, concerning recent information on substandard places in primary schools, what comparable or broadly comparable information is available from responses made by local education authorities in other years since 1979; if he will place copies in the Library of each circular letter sent by his Department in any year since 1979 requesting information of sub-standard primary places or schools; if he will publish in the Official Report a table similar to that given in his reply of 2 February, showing figures for the earliest year since 1979 for which such figures are available; and if he will make a statement;

(2) further to his reply to the hon. Member for Yeovil on 9 February concerning recent information on substandard places in secondary schools, what comparable information is available from responses made by local education authorities in other years since 1979; if he will place copies in the Library of each circular letter sent by his Department in any year since 1979 requesting information of substandard secondary places or schools; if he will publish in the Official Report, a table similar to that given in his reply of 9 February, showing figures for the earliest year since 1979 for which such figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Dunn

[pursuant to his replies 9 and 12 February 1987, c. 29 and 309]: Similar information was sought on two occasions between 1979 and 1986. Copies of the relevant letters have been placed in the Library. The information supplied by LEAs is shown in the following tables. The caveats I have already given as to its use continue to apply.

(1) (2) (3) (4)
Local Education Authority Places in un-remodelled primary schools constructed before 1903 Number in (1) in areas of educational and social disadvantage Places in unremodelled secondary schools2 Number in (3) in areas of educational and social disadvantage
St. Helens 1,034 n/a 1,060 n/a
Sefton 5,300 950 2,080 900
Wirral 1,378 704 3,823 296
Bolton 4,035 2,480 490 490
Bury 2,268 1,096 nil nil
Manchester 2,600 33,800 1,500 33,800
Oldham 2,483 32,043 300 32,043
Rochdale 410 nil nil nil
Salford 1,560 3450 600 3450
Stockport 2,900 595 nil nil
Tameside 1,503 1,503 3,120 3,120
Trafford 350 nil 1,750 nil
Wigan 1,850 750 nil nil
Barnsley 2,268 439 n/a n/a
Doncaster 1,270 3130 1,415 3130
Rotherham 3,144 31,464 2,430 31,464
Sheffield 1,685 135 2,600 1,220
Bradford 20,058 10,193 6,070 3,160
Calderdale 5,645 1,145 2,397 815
Kirklees 3,600 924 n/a n/a
Leeds 14,515 1,410 9,300 1,825
Wakefield 4,256 1,728 911 672
Gateshead 3,045 1,465 nil nil
Newcastle upon Tyne 1,796 670 nil nil
North Tyneside 1,675 3197 338 3197
South Tyneside 717 182 nil nil
Sunderland 2,201 147 830 nil
Isles of Scilly n/a n/a n/a n/a
Avon 18,144 686 8,927 2,681
Bedfordshire 2,991 31,012 507 31,012
Berkshire 4,640 32,196 1,437 32,196
Buckinghamshire 1,200 n/a nil nil
Cambridgeshire 7,000 n/a 3,699 n/a
Cheshire 10,500 2,350 483 n/a
Cleveland 1,775 439 nil nil
Cornwall 10,330 10,330 nil nil
Cumbria 7,475 2,078 1,840 391
Derbyshire 29,073 7,255 6,236 5,680
Devon 18,000 3600 550 3600
Dorset 7,181 3310 3,267 3310
Durham 3,800 3170 2,380 3170
East Sussex 7,500 875 nil nil
Essex 12,263 1,053 3,328 nil
Gloucestershire 13,322 1,487 4,059 nil
Hampshire 14,900 35,500 650 35,500
Hereford and Worcester 2,555 1,825 nil nil
Hertfordshire 2,120 420 nil nil
Humberside 8,760 4,320 880 780
Isle of Wight 2,865 458 735 121
Kent 30,188 3264 9,565 3264
Lancashire 25,895 6,160 4,145 840
Leicestershire 11,499 34,480 2,871 34,480
Lincolnshire 11,456 nil 3,856 nil
Norfolk 11,476 n/a 570 n/a
North Yorkshire 9,500 400 nil nil
Northamptonshire 1,723 nil nil nil
Northumberland 2,559 1,012 944 549
Nottinghamshire 9,540 1,456 2,689 1,140
Oxfordshire 3,613 252 nil nil
Shropshire 4,325 32,905 1,450 32,905
Somerset 8,973 1,908 n/a n/a
Staffordshire 11,578 32,352 650 32,352
Suffolk 10,900 31,100 1,000 31,100
Surrey 16,285 31,860 524 31,860
Warwickshire 4,878 n/a nil nil
West Sussex 4,795 n/a n/a n/a
Wiltshire 8,721 1,015 1,380 n/a

1 Substandard places expected to be occupied in 1984–85.

2 In which the oldest teaching accommodation was built before 1919 and in which less than one third a total teaching accommodation is in post-1945 construction.

3 The authority did not distinguish between primary and secondary places: the figure shown covers both.

n/a The authority did not complete the relevant section of the form.

Table 2 LEAS' responses to department's letter of 29 June 19841
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Local Education Authority Places in unremodelled primary schools constructed before 1903 Number in (1) in areas of educational and social disadvantage Places in unremodelled secondary schools2 Number in (3) in areas of educational and social disadvantage
Barking 1,586 1,292 n/a n/a
Barnet 1,230 n/a 1,170 n/a
Bexley 1,200 250 nil nil
Brent3 500 500 nil nil
Bromley 500 nil nil nil
Croydon nil nil nil nil
Ealing n/a n/a n/a n/a
Enfield 1,813 1,813 n/a n/a
Haringey n/a n/a n/a n/a
Harrow nil nil nil nil
Havering 1,750 575 1,100 n/a
Hillingdon 260 nil nil nil
Hounslow 1,038 nil nil nil
Kingston-upon-Thames 175 n/a nil nil
Merton 1,675 1,092 336 nil
Newham n/a n/a n/a n/a
Redbridge 3,107 502 1,125 517
Richmond-upon-Thames 490 nil nil nil
Sutton n/a n/a n/a n/a
Waltham Forest 3,966 3,399 2,520 2.020
Inner London 51,179 20,676 9,381 2,631
Birmingham 8,600 7,000 3,200 1,800
Coventry n/a n/a n/a n/a
Dudley 4,600 1,050 3,700 950
Sandwell 2,256 1,866 1,396 1,396
Solihull nil nil nil nil
Walsall 3,200 3,200 600 nil
Wolverhampton 1.016 829 600 600
Knowsley nil nil nil nil
Liverpool 5,513 3,330 nil nil
St. Helens 771 351 480 480
Sefton 1,885 480 572 nil
Wirral 1,070 915 3,326 950
Bolton 3,500 2,050 nil nil
Bury 2,130 641 nil nil
Manchester 2,280 1,740 510 510
Oldham 1,981 1,584 nil nil
Rochdale 1,155 430 180 nil
Salford 1,090 150 400 400
Stockport n/a n/a n/a n/a
Tameside 1,500 1,500 2,490 2,490
Trafford 330 nil 1,560 nil
Wigan 3,330 530 n/a n/a
Barnsley 1,600 720 nil nil
Doncaster 1,130 127 nil nil
Rotherham 3,050 740 830 nil
Sheffield n/a n/a n/a n/a
Bradford 17,169 8,675 4,003 2,002
Calderdale 4,960 1,230 2,925 845
Kirklees 2,500 578 nil nil
Leeds 13,939 1,825 3,464 1,056
Wakefield 2,660 1,623 701 491
Gateshead n/a n/a nil nil
Newcastle upon Tyne 2,000 810 n/a n/a
North Tyneside 1,250 nil 350 nil
South Tyneside 160 nil nil nil
Sunderland n/a n/a n/a n/a
Isles of Scilly n/a n/a n/a n/a

(1) (2) (3) (4)
Local Education Authority Places in unremodelled primary schools constructed before 1903 Number in (1) in areas of educational and social disadvantage Places in unremodelled secondary schools2 Number in (3) in areas of educational and social disadvantage
Avon 30,114 1,683 6,849 1,912
Bedfordshire 2,187 566 nil nil
Berkshire 3,765 1,232 2,688 nil
Buckinghamshire n/a n/a n/a n/a
Cambridgeshire 6,600 950 2,945 648
Cheshire 8,177 1,540 592 9
Cleveland 1,750 1,610 n/a n/a
Cornwall 11,231 2,932 987 498
Cumbria 2,078 763 3,290 2,000
Derbyshire 27,726 4,901 6,535 4,616
Devon 16,000 450 nil nil
Dorset n/a n/a n/a n/a
Durham 3,850 190 2,315 n/a
East Sussex3 5,010 620 nil nil
Essex 7,205 1,077 4,346 n/a
Gloucestershire 13,696 1,749 nil nil
Hampshire 14,000 4,700 600 600
Hereford and Worcester 2,107 nil 600 nil
Hertfordshire 1,205 30 n/a n/a
Humberside 8,148 3,020 819 720
Isle of Wight 1,473 425 786 nil
Kent 26,719 88 9,313 n/a
Lancashire 22,980 4,970 3,105 770
Leicestershire 13,990 4,885 2,385 520
Lincolnshire 13,000 nil 3,000 nil
Norfolk 15,571 nil nil nil
North Yorkshire 8,300 2,100 nil nil
Northamptonshire 1,107 n/a 215 n/a
Northumberland 3,005 1,447 654 401
Nottinghamshire 7,435 2,970 1,701 303
Oxfordshire 2,521 150 nil nil
Shropshire 3,384 420 2,375 nil
Somerset 7,912 1,688 nil nil
Staffordshire 6,582 827 463 nil
Suffolk 9,550 1,005 600 nil
Surrey 6,149 1,057 960 165
Warwickshire 3,712 nil nil nil
West Sussex 3,900 nil nil nil
Wiltshire 8,917 1,338 595 nil
1 Substandard places expected to be occupied in 1987–88
2 In which the oldest teaching accommodation was built before 1919 and in which less than one third of total teaching accommodation is in post-1945 construction
3 The authority did not supply the information requested in their response to the Department's letter of 29 June 1984; the figures given were supplied in response to the letter of 15 December 1983
n/a The authority did not complete the relevant section of the form