§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish figures to show the number of school places taken out of use by each education authority in London (a) between 1978 and 1982 and (b) since 1982; and if he will give the same information for Leicestershire.
§ Mr. DunnOn the basis of returns submitted by local education authorities the figures are as follows:
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LEA Places taken out of use July 1978–December 1982 January 1983–December 1984 Barking 1,113 75 Barnet 2,012 480 Bexley 1,254 700 Brent 995 30 Bromley 4,520 600 Croydon 2,048 1,710 Ealing 3,288 2,370 Enfield 630 — Haringey 1,926 1,685 Harrow 2,463 907 Havering 1,127 1,026 Hillingdon 800 794 Hounslow 2,140 841 Kingston-upon-Thames 1,585 935 Merton 1,120 1,465 Newham *2,425 890 Redbridge †1,900 502 Richmond-upon-Thames 469 330 Sutton 2,340 30 Waltham Forest 1,450 120 ILEA 18,565 13,541 Leicestershire 11,708 5,777
* 1980–82 only. † No return for 1980. The figures relate to numbers of maintained primary and secondary school places permanently taken out of use, taking account of transfers of places between the primary and secondary sectors.