HC Deb 30 March 1999 vol 328 c642W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many schools in each of the London education authorities have been closed during the last three years. [78535]

Ms Estelle Morris

The following table shows, for each of the last three years, the number of schools in the London Local Education Authorities where there has been a decision (whether by the Authority or the Secretary of State) to close the school. A number of these have not yet been implemented.

Number of schools closed
1996
Greenwich 1
Sutton 1
1997
Camden 1
Kingston upon Thames 1
Lambeth 3
1998
Hammersmith and Fulham 1
Islington 1

The table excludes closures due to amalgamation of infant and junior schools.