§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) if she will list the proportion of school places in each English county which her Department has identified as surplus in each of the last three years in(a) primary and (b) secondary schools; [11354]
(2) if she will list the proportion of surplus places in each county in the last three financial years in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools. [11355]
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe information available is given in the following table. The Department's figures on surplus places represent a snapshot of the position each January and were first collected in 1994. Figures for January 1996 are not yet available.
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Percentage of surplus places in the English Counties (excluding GM schools in stage 1 authorities) at January 1994 and January 1995 Percentage Primary Secondary 1994 1995 1994 1995 Isles of Scilly 27 30 65 63 Avon 9 8 18 18 Bedfordshire 15 15 17 15 Berkshire 9 8 14 11 Buckinghamshire 17 13 8 8 Cambridgeshire 13 10 7 5 Cheshire 15 15 12 12 Cleveland 12 11 19 16 Cornwall 8 8 8 4 Cumbria 14 12 17 13 Derbyshire 13 12 16 14 Devon 10 10 7 6 Dorset 7 8 9 8 Durham 14 14 18 15 East Sussex 12 10 10 8 Essex 12 9 16 15 Gloucestershire 13 12 10 8 Hampshire 13 13 12 7 Hereford and Worcester 11 11 15 12 Hertfordshire 16 13 17 16 Humberside 13 12 16 15 Isle of Wight 5 6 10 10 Kent 11 9 15 13 Lancashire 9 9 13 11
Percentage of surplus places in the English Counties (excluding GM schools in stage 1 authorities) at January 1994 and January 1995 Percentage Primary Secondary 1994 1995 1994 1995 Leicestershire 10 9 15 14 Lincolnshire 13 13 12 11 Norfolk 11 10 9 8 North Yorkshire 14 13 13 10 Northamptonshire 9 8 11 11 Northumberland 21 21 11 10 Nottinghamshire 14 11 25 22 Oxfordshire 17 12 16 15 Shropshire 12 11 17 8 Somerset 7 6 11 10 Staffordshire 20 14 7 6 Suffolk 10 9 11 10 Surrey 11 10 11 6 Warwickshire 15 14 21 18 West Sussex 12 9 13 13 Wiltshire 14 14 14 12 Shire Counties 13 11 14 12 All England 12 11 14 12