§ Mrs. BallardTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the schools in the constituency of Taunton with pupils on the assisted places scheme, indicating in each case the number of pupils and the income which the school receives under the scheme. [7050]
§ Mr. ByersThe number of assisted places taken-up and the cost of those places for each participating school in Taunton in the 1996–97 academic year are given in the following table:
Assisted places scheme: Taunton School name Academic year 1996–97 King's College, Taunton Number of assisted pupils 20 Cost of places £000s 108 Queen's College, Taunton Number of assisted pupils 86 Cost of places £000s 387 Taunton School Number of assisted pupils 77 Cost of places £000s 427
Company 0–1 year 1–2 years 2–3 years 3–4 years 4–5 years 5–6 years 6–7 years 7–8 years 8–9 years Total Central 1 4 5 7 1 8 7 1 0 34 North 4 1 9 4 2 8 8 7 1 44 North-east 8 1 13 2 3 8 12 4 0 51 South 1 1 8 9 4 5 5 1 0 34 South-east 6 1 10 1 3 6 8 3 0 38 West 4 1 6 0 11 4 7 4 6 43 Total 24 9 51 23 24 39 47 20 7 244