§ Mr. Thurnhamasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children from Bolton have received places under the assisted places scheme in each of the years since the scheme was introduced.
§ Mr. DunnInformation is not available on the home residence of assisted pupils. One school in Bolton participates in the scheme — Bolton school—and the numbers of assisted pupils in its boys' and girls' divisions have been as follows:
1981 1982 1983 Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Age 11 34 32 38 37 34 39 Sixth form — 5 5 5 5 5 Total 34 37 43 42 39 44
§ Mrs. Ann Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will give a breakdown by age of pupil of the numbers of children benefiting from the assisted places scheme in each of the years since its introduction;
(2) how many of the children benefiting under the assisted places scheme in each of the years since its introduction were in (a) boarding places and (b) day attendance.
§ Mr. DunnThe information for England is as follows:
Number of assisted pupils in each school year Age 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 10.11 3,158 3,492 3,522 12 164 3,150 3,568 13 338 478 3,529 14.15 — 357 1,026 VI form (1st year) 525 616 745 VI form (2nd and 3rd years) — 523 712 Total 4,185 8,616 13,102 of which: (a) Boarding pupils 274 586 805 (b) Day pupils 3,911 8,030 12,297
§ Mrs. Ann Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will give a breakdown by region of the numbers of pupils whose parents are resident in that region who have received funds under the assisted places scheme;
(2) if he will give a breakdown by region of the total funds paid out under the assisted places scheme in each of the years since the introduction of the scheme.
§ Mr. DunnInformation on places of residence is not available, but a regional breakdown based on the location of participating schools is as follows:
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School year 1981–82 School year 1982–83 School year 1983–84 Number of assisted pupils £ Number of assisted pupils £ Number of assisted pupils £ (estimate) North East 139 131,692 286 308,038 420 449,520 North West 949 924,099 1,959 2,155,629 2,965 3,386,855 Yorkshire and Humberside 280 291,840 577 639,381 877 1,019,257 East Midlands 262 299,874 530 694,791 822 1,122,998 West Midlands 356 409,770 740 954,586 1,168 1,498,993 East Anglia 175 191,102 350 438,121 547 693,333 South West 496 597,710 1,028 1,394,090 1,520 2,146,368 South East 1,528 1,828,237 3,146 4,314,930 4,783 6,845,414
§ Mrs. Ann Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he has any plans to increase the maximum salary threshold above which funds are not available under the assisted places scheme.
§ Mr. DunnThe scale for assessing the parental contribution is revalued annually in the light of inflation. This does not, however, specify a maximum salary threshold. The point at which parents in England and Wales cease to qualify for assistance depends not only on income, but also on the number of other children in the family as well as the relevant school's fees.
§ Mrs. Ann Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give a breakdown by school of the number of pupils who received financial assistance under the assisted places scheme in each of the years since its introduction.
§ Mr. DunnThe information as regards schools in England is as follows:
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Number of assisted pupils School Name School Year 1981–82 School Year 1982–83 School Year 1983–84 Abbey School, Reading 12 24 38 Abingdon School 18 38 53 Aldenham School, Elstree 2 5 5 Alice Ottley School, Worcester 11 21 32 Alleyn's School, Dulwich 34 69 99 Arnold School, Blackpool 15 27 33 Ashford School, Kent 13 26 35 Bancrofts School, Woodford 13 24 34 Bath High School 22 43 51 Batley Grammar School 38 77 120 Bedales School, Petersfield 2 4 4 Bedford High School 18 36 52 Bedford Modern School 28 56 82 Bedford School 16 32 48 Dame Alice Harpur School, Bedford 29 57 83 Belvedere School, Liverpool 27 55 79 Berkhamsted School (Boys) 13 19 19 Berkhamsted School (Girls) 3 7 15 Birkenhead High School 34 73 108 Birkenhead School 35 65 110 Blackheath High School 17 34 46 Bolton School (Boys) 34 79 114 Bolton School (Girls) 37 79 113 Bradfield College, Reading — — 2 Bradford Girls' Grammar School 9 17 27 417W
School Name School Year 1981–82 School Year 1982–83 School Year 1983–84 Bradford Grammar School 26 59 90 Brentwood School 15 40 64 Brighton and Hove High School 35 68 91 Brighton College 12 28 40 Bristol Cathedral School 24 47 67 Bristol Grammar School 32 74 118 Bromley High School 25 39 61 Bruton School for Girls 24 42 63 Bury Grammar School (Boys) 35 64 91 Bury Grammar School (Girls) 26 73 115 Canford School, Wimborne 6 14 20 Carmel College, Oxfordshire 13 27 37 Casterton School, Cumbria 11 21 29 Caterham School 26 46 74 Central Newcastle High School 23 42 56 Charterhouse 1 4 10 Cheadle Hulme School 21 42 64 Chigwell School 13 23 36 Churchers College, Petersfield 13 31 49 City of London School (Boys) 20 37 63 City of London School for Girls 16 30 48 Clifton College, Bristol 10 20 30 Clifton High School, Bristol 6 17 27 Colfes School, London 33 66 95 Colston's School, Bristol 16 31 47 Colston's Girls School, Bristol 19 45 55 Coventry School 29 65 105 Cranleigh School 6 13 18 Croydon High School 17 39 62 Culford School, Bury St. Edmunds 8 18 27 Dame Allan's Boys School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 25 49 69 Dame Allan's Girls School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 18 43 62 Dauntsey's School, Wiltshire 7 17 30 Denstone College 14 34 51 Dulwich College 47 84 124 Eastbourne College 1 — — Edgehill College, Bideford 12 34 54 Eltham College 25 50 63 Emanuel School, London 43 89 142 Epsom College 5 9 17 418W
School Name School Year 1981–82 School Year 1982–83 School Year 1983–84 Exeter School 29 57 85 Farnborough Hill School 28 61 86 Felsted School, Dunmow 8 15 26 Forest School, London 20 48 65 Friends' School, Saffron Waldon 19 34 48 Godolphin and Latymer School, London 30 55 83 Gresham's School, Norfolk 5 10 11 Haberdashers Askes School (Boys), Elstree 42 76 123 Haberdashers Askes School (Girls), Elstree 23 42 66 Hampton School 35 70 100 Harrogate College 2 6 10 Hasmonean High School (Girls), London NW7 — 13 33 Hereford Cathedral School 35 73 110 Highgate School 5 15 26 Hulme Grammar School (Boys), Oldham 35 67 98 Hulme Grammar School (Girls), Oldham 20 56 83 Hymers College, Hull 27 59 69 Ipswich High School 26 51 73 Ipswich School 13 25 37 James Allen's Girl's School, Dulwich 26 48 75 John Lyon School, Harrow 18 36 55 Kent College, Canterbury 10 26 39 King Edward's School at Bath 19 38 62 King Edward's School, Birmingham 45 89 131 King Edward VI High School, Birmingham 27 56 90 King Edward VII School, Lytham 33 68 101 King Edward VI School, Norwich 20 39 57 King Edward VI School, Southampton 35 73 111 King Edward's School, Witley 15 28 39 Kings College School, Wimbledon 16 40 53 King's High School for Girls, Warwick 15 44 75 King's School, Chester 16 33 53 King's School, Macclesfield 35 62 91 King's School, Rochester 12 23 33 King's School, Worcester 11 28 47 Kingston Grammar School 27 51 65 Kingswood School, Bath 10 19 25 Kirkham Grammar School — 10 20 Lady Eleanor Holies School, Hampton 8 23 37 La Sagesse Convent School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 20 46 72 Latymer Upper School, London W6 48 105 154 Leeds Girls' High School 16 56 84 Leeds Grammar School 43 74 109 Leys School, Cambridge 3 9 20 Liverpool College 19 44 77 419W
School Name School Year 1981–82 School Year 1982–83 School Year 1983–84 Lord Wandsworth College, Basingstoke 12 28 38 Loreto Convent Grammar School, Altrincham 14 31 39 Loughborough Grammar School 22 45 65 Loughborough High School 12 32 50 Magdalen College School, Oxford 18 43 60 Malvern College 10 17 27 Manchester Grammar School 45 89 129 Manchester High School for Girls 29 59 84 Maynard School, Exeter 25 55 84 Merchant Taylor's School, Liverpool (Boys) 30 60 84 Merchant Taylor's School, Liverpool (Girls) 25 49 69 Merchant Taylor's School, Northwood 12 35 55 Mill Hill School 11 24 37 Monkton Combe School, Bath 7 16 23 Mount St. Mary's College, Derbyshire 8 15 29 Newcastle-Under-Lyme School 73 140 211 Northampton High School for Girls 39 79 114 North London Collegiate School 11 24 40 Norwich High School 30 61 91 Nottingham Girls High School 35 69 98 Notting Hill and Ealing High School 19 35 44 Old Palace School, Croydon 26 61 95 Oxford High School 13 27 42 Perse School for Boys, Cambridge 6 17 24 Perse School for Girls, Cambridge 20 34 46 Plymouth College 31 60 81 Pocklington School 23 45 68 Portsmouth Grammar School 22 49 73 Portsmouth High School 26 52 77 Putney High School 15 43 67 Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Blackburn 45 88 126 Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield 25 45 71 Queen Elizabeth Hospital School, Bristol 25 50 69 Queen Mary School, Lytham 38 75 113 Queen's College, Taunton 14 27 37 Queen's College, London W1 5 16 31 Queen's School, Chester 16 29 43 Ratcliffe College, Leicester 2 5 15 Redland High School, Bristol 15 30 40 Red Maids' School, Bristol 22 46 70 Reigate Grammar School 10 23 41 Repton School 9 13 20 Rossall School, Fleetwood 6 9 17 420W
School Name School Year 1981–82 School Year 1982–83 School Year 1983–84 Royal Grammar School, Guildford 20 46 67 Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 53 106 151 Royal Grammar School, Worcester — — 31 St. Albans School 23 50 68 St. Albans High School for Girls 6 19 28 St. Ambrose College, Altrincham 5 22 36 St. Anselm's College, Birkenhead 26 54 88 St. Bede's College, Manchester 29 61 90 St. Bees School, Cumbria 17 33 45 St. Benedict's School, Ealing 13 25 36 St. Catherine's School, Bramley 2 10 11 St. Dunstan's College, Catford 30 52 81 St. Edmund's College, Ware 9 16 21 St. Edward's College, Liverpool 50 102 160 St. George's College, Weybridge 6 13 19 St. Helen's College, Northwood 4 8 17 St. John's College, Southsea 30 58 88 St. John's School, Leatherhead 1 — 2 St. Joseph's College, Ipswich 8 22 36 St. Joseph's Convent, Reading 16 37 60 St. Mary's College, Crosby 28 64 104 St. Mary's Convent, Cambridge 16 31 36 St. Mary's Hall, Brighton — — 12 St. Maur's Convent, Weybridge 14 24 34 St. Paul's School, Barnes 12 25 40 St. Paul's Girls School, Hammersmith 8 19 31 St. Peter's School, York 10 19 42 St. Swithun's School, Winchester 3 5 4 Salesian College, Farnborough 13 23 34 School of St. Helen and St. Katharine, Abingdon 16 32 48 Sedbergh School 1 1 3 Sheffield High School 19 38 57 Shrewsbury School 1 1 — Shrewsbury High School 18 31 41 Sir William Perkins School, Chertsey 18 35 50 South Hampstead High School 15 25 35 Stamford School 11 19 42 Stamford High School 8 16 31 Stockport Grammar School 40 80 117 Stonyhurst College, Blackburn 5 8 15 Stowe School 2 3 6 Streatham Hill and Clapham High School 27 55 81
School Name School Year 1981–82 School Year 1982–83 School Year 1983–84 Sutton High School 16 27 38 Sutton Valence School — 5 16 Sydenham High School 17 38 54 Talbot Heath School, Bournemouth 27 50 77 Taunton School 10 20 27 Tonbridge School — 1 2 Trent College 17 36 55 Trinity School of John Whitgift, Croydon 20 36 58 Truro School 14 34 50 Truro High School 15 28 41 University College School, London 7 17 21 Upton Hall Convent School, Wirral 23 42 61 Ursuline High School, Ilford 19 40 62 Wakefield High School 25 47 69 Walthamstow Hall, Sevenoaks 11 22 34 Warwick School 27 56 78 Wellingborough School 8 21 33 Wellington College (Berkshire) 3 8 39 Wellington School (Somerset) 31 72 105 Wells Cathedral School 14 26 39 Whitgift School, Croydon 16 32 54 Wiltiam Hulme's Grammar School, Manchester 30 65 95 Wimbledon High School 10 18 29 Winchester College 1 7 11 Wisbech Grammar School — — 40 Withington Girls' School, Manchester 15 31 38 Wolverhampton Grammar School 40 87 134 Woodbridge School 20 33 44 Woodhouse Grove School, Leeds 17 40 56 Wycliffe College, Stonehouse 10 22 28