§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what representations he has received on his proposals in the Green Paper, Excellence for all Children, Meeting Special Education Needs to end the current consent arrangements in respect of placing individual children with a statement at non-approved independent schools. [29704]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe Department is still analysing the responses to the Green Paper. When we have a fuller picture, I will write to the hon. Member.
§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many EBD special schools there are in each local education authority area in England. [29709]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe Department's most recent estimate, based on material held on the Register of Educational Establishments, is that some 280 maintained and non-maintained special schools cater wholly or 287W mainly for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties in England. The distribution is contained in the following table:
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Register of Educational Establishments Special Schools Number Barking and Dagenham 0 Barnet 0 Barnsley 0 Bath and North East Somerset 1 Bedfordshire 2 Berkshire 9 Bexley 1 Birmingham 6 Bolton 1 Bournemouth 2 Bradford 3 Brent 1 Brighton and Hove 1 Bristol, City of 5 Bromley 0 Buckinghamshire 4 Bury 0 Calderdale 1 Cambridgeshire 3 Camden 1 Cheshire 6 Cornwall 0 Corporation of London 0 Coventry 3 Croydon 1 Cumbria 1 Darlington 0 Derby, City of 0 Derbyshire 3 Devon 4 Doncaster 0 Dorset 3 Dudley 1 Durham 2 Ealing 1 East Riding of Yorkshire 2 East Sussex 4 Enfield 1 Essex 10 Gateshead 1 Gloucestershire 4 Greenwich 2 Hackney 2 Hammersmith and Fulham 1 Hampshire 7 Haringey 1 Harrow 1 Hartlepool 0 Havering 0 Hereford and Worcester 7 Hertfordshire 9 Hillingdon 3 Hounslow 0 Isle of Wight 0 Isles of Scilly 0 Islington 1 Kensington and Chelsea 0 Kent 9 Kingston upon Hull, City of 2 Kingston upon Thames 0 Kirklees 2 Knowsley 0 Lambeth 1 Lancashire 12 Leeds 7 Leicester City 3 Leicester 0 Lewisham 2
Register of Educational Establishments Special Schools Number Lincolnshire 2 Liverpool 7 Luton 0 Manchester 7 Merton 1 Middlesborough 1 Milton Keynes 1 Newcastle upon Tyne 4 Newham 1 Norfolk 2 North East Lincolnshire 0 North Lincolnshire 0 North Somerset 1 North Tyneside 0 North Yorkshire 4 Northamptonshire 3 Northumberland 1 Nottinghamshire 2 Oldham 1 Oxfordshire 5 Poole 1 Portsmouth 1 Redbridge 1 Redcar and Cleveland 0 Richmond upon Thames 1 Rochdale 2 Rotherham 2 Rutland 0 Salford 1 Sandwell 2 Sefton 0 Sheffield 9 Shropshire 3 Solihull 1 Somerset 3 South Gloucestershire 1 South Tyneside 0 Southampton 1 Southwark 2 St. Helens 0 Staffordshire 2 Stockport 1 Stockton on Tees 2 Stoke on Trent 1 Suffolk 2 Sunderland 2 Surrey 11 Sutton 1 Swindon 0 Tameside 1 Tower Hamlets 3 Trafford 1 Wakefield 1 Walsall 1 Waltham Forest 1 Wandsworth 3 Warwickshire 1 West Sussex 4 Westminster 0 Wigan 2 Wiltshire 4 Wirral 2 Wolverhampton 0 York, City of 0 In addition, there are 89 independent schools with this specialty.
§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many pupil referral units there are in each local education authority area in England. [29710]
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§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe table shows the number of pupil referral units of which the Department has been notified for each local authority in England.
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Number of PRUs per local education authority LEA Number Barking 0 Barnet 2 Barnsley 0 Bath and North East Somerset 0 Bedfordshire 1 Berkshire 9 Bexley 2 Birmingham 3 Bolton 2 Bournemouth 1 Bradford 3 Brent 1 Brighton and Hove 4 Bristol 1 Bromley 2 Buckinghamshire 6 Bury 0 Calderdale 1 Cambridgeshire 2 Camden 2 Cheshire 4 City of London 0 Cornwall 0 Coventry 4 Croydon 4 Cumbria 5 Darlington 0 Derby 3 Derbyshire 3 Devon 7 Doncaster 5 Dorset 3 Dudley 4 Durham 1 Ealing 3 East Riding of Yorkshire 2 East Sussex 5 Enfield 7 Essex 4 Gateshead 1 Gloucestershire 3 Greenwich 6 Hackney 2 Hammersmith 2 Hampshire 11 Haringey 1 Harrow 1 Hartlepool 1 Havering 3 Hereford and Worcester1 17 Hertfordshire 9 Hillingdon 1 Hounslow 1 Isle of Wight 2 Isles of Scilly 0 Islington 9 Kensington and Chelsea 1 Kent 15 Kingston upon Thames 2 Kingston-upon-Hull 5 Kirklees 1 Knowsley 1 Lambeth 3 Lancashire 12 Leeds 5 Leicester 0 Leicestershire 0 Lewisham 2
Number of PRUs per local education authority LEA Number Lincolnshire 4 Liverpool 5 Luton 1 Manchester 0 Merton 0 Middlesbrough 0 Milton Keynes 1 Newcastle upon Tyne 3 Newham 1 Norfolk 19 North East Lincolnshire 2 North Lincolnshire 2 North Somerset 0 North Tyneside 4 North Yorkshire 1 Northamptonshire 4 Northumberland 0 Nottinghamshire 5 Oldham 0 Oxfordshire 6 Poole 1 Portsmouth 4 Redbridge 1 Redcar and Cleveland 1 Richmond upon Thames 0 Rochdale 0 Rotherham 3 Rutland 0 Salford 0 Sandwell 4 Sefton 2 Sheffield 4 Shropshire 3 Solihull 4 Somerset 3 South Gloucestershire 0 South Tyneside 2 Southampton 2 Southwark 2 St. Helens 1 Staffordshire 2 Stockport 2 Stockton on Tees 1 Stoke on Trent 2 Suffolk 5 Sunderland 1 Surrey 18 Sutton 1 Swindon (Thamesdown) 1 Tameside 1 Tower Hamlets 1 Trafford 0 Wakefield 2 Walsall 0 Waltham Forest 0 Wandsworth 2 Warwickshire 7 West Sussex 5 Westminster 0 Wigan 0 Wiltshire 2 Wirral 1 Wolverhampton 3 York 1 1 Includes one PRU that is open, but the LEA proposes to close.