§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) how many new infant schools have been(a) started and (b) completed in each of the last five years; and in which council areas the schools are located; [55814]
(2) how many new primary schools have been (a) started and (b) completed in each of the last five years; and in which council areas they are located. [57164]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisNo statutory proposals to establish new infant schools have been approved in the last three years. The table shows the number of proposals approved and implemented in each Local Education Authority to establish new maintained primary schools in each of the last three years. The list includes proposals which have been determined by the Local Education Authority. A number of proposals have been decided but not yet implemented. Accurate information for earlier years is not available.
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Number approved Number implemented 1998 Barnet 1 1 Barnsley 2 — Birmingham 1 1 Bromley — 1 Cornwall 1 — Derby City 2 — Essex (pre 1 April 1998) — 1 Hackney 1 — Hampshire 1 1 Hertfordshire 1 — Kent (pre 1 April 1998) 1 —
Number approved Number implemented Lincolnshire — 1 Newham 1 — Northamptonshire 1 — Nottinghamshire 1 — Redbridge — 1 Shropshire (pre 1 April 1998) — 1 South Gloucestershire 1 1 Surrey 1 — Swindon 2 — Waltham Forest — 1 West Sussex 1 1 Wiltshire (pre 1 April 1 April 1997) — 1 Worcester — 1 1997 Barnet 1 1 Barnsley 3 3 Bromley 1 — Buckinghamshire (pre 1 April 1997) — 1 Cambridgeshire (pre 1 April 1998) 1 1 Cornwall 1 1 Coventry 3 3 Devon 1 — Essex (pre 1 April 1998) 3 3 Hertfordshire — 1 Kent (pre 1 April 1998) 2 1 Kingston Upon Hull 2 — Lincolnshire 1 — Milton Keynes 2 — Newham 1 — Redbridge 1 — Shropshire (pre 1 April 1998) 1 — South Gloucestershire 1 — Stockton on Tees 1 — Sutton — 1 Waltham Forest — 1 West Sussex 1 1 Worcester 1 — 1996 Barnet — 1 Buckinghamshire (pre 1 April 1997) 1 — Camden — 1 Coventry 4 4 East Sussex (pre 1 April 1997) 1 — Essex (pre 1 April 1998) 1 — Oldham — 2 Surrey 1 2 Sutton 1 — Tower Hamlets — 1 Waltham Forest 1 2 Warwickshire 2 3 West Sussex 1 — Wiltshire (pre 1 April 1997) 1 —