HC Deb 17 July 1995 vol 263 cc978-80W
Mrs. Ann Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list in descending order the number of pupils as a percentage of the resident population in each local education authority area on the most recent date when such numbers were estimated; and what consideration is given to such actual pupil-population ratios in the calculation of education standard spending assessments. [34485]

Mr. Robin Squire

[holding answer 14 July 1995]: The table compares the number of pupils aged five to 15 at August 1993 living in their area for whom local education authorities were financially responsible with their overall population aged five to 15 at June 1993. Precise ratios are difficult to calculate because the pupil and population data are estimated on different dates.

Ratio of pupils to population
LEA Name Resorted pupils aged 5–15 Population aged 5–15 Pupils as a percentage of population
Tower Hamlets 28,738 28,662 100.3
Sandwell 41,488 41,653 99.6
Walsall 38,135 38,538 99.0
Doncaster 42,372 42,924 98.7
Birmingham 150,327 152,602 98.5
Rotherham 36,034 36,611 98.4
Liverpool 67,165 67,277 98.4
Tameside 31,322 31,859 98.3
St. Helens 24,923 25,377 98.2
Barking and Dagenham 20,211 20,608 98.1
Waltham Forest 28,555 29,124 98.0
Dudley 40,751 41,662 97.8
Wigan 43,283 44,334 97.6
Cleveland 85,364 87,520 97.5
Barnsley 30,022 30,921 97.1
Oldham 33,141 34,174 97.0
Knowsley 25,061 25,847 97.0
Wolverhampton 34,450 35,541 96.9
Havering 30,493 31,468 96.9
Lincolnshire 77,514 80,028 96.9
Bexley 28,993 29,938 96.8
Newham 35,515 36,674 96.8
Rochdale 31,329 32,366 96.8
Calderdale 26,902 27,796 96.8
Enfield 33,938 35,115 96.6
Sunderland 43,086 44,597 96.6
Bradford 73,686 76,385 96.5
Humberside 121,466 125,947 96.4
Staffordshire 141,769 147,227 96.3
Cumbria 62,641 65,237 96.0
North Tyneside 25,581 26,644 96.0
South Tyneside 21,782 22,689 96.0
Northumberland 41,399 43,140 96.0
Sheffield 62,300 65,074 95.7
Durham 81345 85,009 95.7
Bolton 37,407 39,119 95.6
Derbyshire 122,602 128,223 95.6
Wakefield 42,676 44,666 95.5
Cornwall 61,135 64,061 95.4
Lancashire 192,358 201,916 95.3
Essex 201,510 212,625 94.8
Nottinghamshire 132,564 140,082 94.6
Leeds 91,239 96,440 94.6
Kirklees 53,250 56,287 94.6
Manchester 60,540 64,012 94.6
Coventry 41,219 43,698 94.3
Bedfordshire 76,165 80,750 94.3
Cheshire 130,548 138,525 94.2
Isle of Wight Council 15,298 16,233 94.2
Bury 24,392 25,936 94.0
Gateshead 25,152 26,828 93.8
Leicestershire 122,068 130,211 93.7
Hounslow 26,545 28,326 93.7
Norfolk 91,631 97,821 93.7
Ratio of pupils to population
LEA Name Resorted pupils aged 5–15 Population aged 5–15 Pupils as a percentage of population
Salford 29,379 31,383 93.6
Hillingdon 29,472 31,526 93.5
Shropshire 54,649 58,624 93.2
Wirral 45,406 48,722 93.2
Kent 199,678 214,440 93.1
Wiltshire 75,256 80,994 92.9
Brent 32,059 34,513 92.9
Sefton 38,014 40,931 92.9
Northamptonshire 81,242 87,524 92.8
Sutton 20,841 22,498 92.6
Cambridgeshire 87,466 94,449 92.6
Solihull 26,189 28,297 92.6
Isles of Scilly 283 306 92.5
North Yorkshire 87,480 94,596 92.5
Haringey 24,628 26,639 92.5
Devon 124,886 135,327 92.3
Trafford 28,267 30,723 92.0
Warwickshire 61,565 67,160 91.7
Glouchestershire 67,259 73,380 91.7
Greenwich 28,973 31,632 91.6
Redbridge 29,337 32,086 91.4
Dorset 74,996 82,064 91.4
Hampshire 198,595 217,914 91.1
Hereford and Worcester 88,165 96,984 90.9
Hertfordshire 125,556 138,140 90.9
Avon 115,363 126,966 90.9
Lewisham 28,250 31,119 90.8
Newcastle upon Tyne 33,269 36,710 90.6
Buckinghamshire 88,271 97,748 90.3
Stockport 36,613 40,589 90.2
West Sussex 83,537 93,215 89.6
Somerset 58,119 65,088 89.3
Suffolk 79,690 89,662 88.9
Islington 18,907 21,282 88.8
Berkshire 97,221 109,465 88.8
Bromley 32,085 36,276 88.4
Lambeth 28,310 32,178 88.0
Ealing 33,738 38,362 87.9
East Sussex 76,631 87,722 87.4
Croydon 37,961 43,868 86.5
Kingston upon Thames 14,380 16,732 85.9
Southwark 25,625 29,948 85.6
Harrow 24,333 28,774 84.6
Merton 17,993 21,303 84.5
Oxfordshire 66,870 79,347 84.3
Hackney 23,720 28,288 83.9
Hammersmith and Fulham 12,455 15,210 81.9
Wandsworth 20,981 25,944 80.9
Camden 15,331 19,000 80.7
Barnet 32,046 40,593 78.9
Surrey 106,365 136,266 78.1
Richmond upon Thames 13,616 18,924 72.0
Westminster 10,892 16,458 66.2
Kensington and Chelsea 7,164 12,986 55.2
City of London 53 167 31.7
Total 6,188,810 6,668,369 92.8