§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many copies of the secondary school performance tables were published by his Department.
§ Mr. Robin SquireA total of 109 separate booklets containing secondary school performance tables were published in November 1993, of which some 1,087,600 copies have so far been distributed.
§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many copies of the secondary school performance tables were sent to primary schools in each 739W local education authority; what criteria were used in determining how many copies would be sent; and for what purpose the tables were provided.
§ Mr. Robin SquireEvery primary and middle school in England with 10-year-old pupils on roll was sent 50 copies of the performance tables booklet for their local education authority area. The decision to send a standard number of booklets to each primary and middle school was taken on the grounds of overall economy and efficiency. The tables contain useful information for parents considering which secondary schools would best suit their children, and help parents and others to be better informed about the standards being achieved in schools in their area.
§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the budgeted expenditure for(a) publication and (b) distribution of the secondary school performance tables.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe total budget for the 1993 performance tables exercise, covering secondary, 16 to 18,
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Pupils aged 10(1) in maintained and non-maintained schools in each Local Education Authority in England January 1993 Pupils in non-maintained schools LEA Pupils in maintained schools primary, middle secondary and special Special Independent All pupils aged 10 Corporation of London 25 0 69 94 Camden 1,315 0 485 1,800 Greenwich 2,611 0 105 2,716 Hackney 2,080 0 283 2,363 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,112 0 152 1,264 Islington 1,837 0 12 1,849 Kensington and Chelsea 767 0 690 1,457 Lambeth 2,387 0 93 2,480 Lewisham 2,569 0 129 2,698 Southwark 2,571 0 211 2,782 Tower Hamlets 2,626 0 14 2,640 Wandsworth 2,014 0 243 2,257 Westminster 1,160 0 335 1,495 Barking and Dagenham 1,836 0 0 1,836 Barnet 3,032 0 385 3,417 Bexley 2,487 0 56 2,543 Brent 2,733 0 212 2,945 Bromley 2,787 1 359 3,147 Croydon 3,395 0 548 3,943 Ealing 2,971 0 466 3,437 Enfield 2,894 0 118 3,012 Haringey 2,211 0 145 2,356 Harrow 2,288 0 231 2,519 Havering 2,686 0 62 2,748 Hillingdon 2,561 1 279 2,841 Hounslow 2,276 0 63 2,339 Kingston upon Thames 1,251 0 223 1,474 Merton 1,617 0 256 1,873 Newham 3,113 0 14 3,127 Redbridge 2,519 0 301 2,820 Richmond upon Thames 1,261 0 455 1,716 Sutton 1,687 0 148 1,835 Waltham Forest 2,542 0 67 2,609 Birmingham 13,527 0 434 13,961 Coventry 3,791 0 146 3,937 Dudley 3,619 0 21 3,640 Sandwell 3,710 0 21 3,731 Solihull 2,484 0 154 2,638 Walsall 3,344 0 62 3,406 Wolverhampton 3,106 0 102 3,208 Knowsley 2,134 0 20 2,154 Liverpool 6,217 10 140 6,367 St. Helens 2,311 0 52 2,363 Sefton 3,497 10 219 3,726 Wirral 4,092 6 246 4,344 Bolton 3,378 3 128 3,509 and national unauthorised absence tables, was £1.9 million. The production of the secondary and 16 to 18 tables has cost £864,800 to date, and the cost of distributing the tables amounts to some £386,100; requests for the tables are still being received. It is not possible to separate the production and distribution costs as between the secondary and the 16 to 18 tables.