HC Deb 04 November 1986 vol 103 cc370-1W
Mr. Peter Bruinvels

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many single sex schools there are in England; if he will break down the numbers into local education authority areas, showing the number of schools (a) for boys and (b) for girls; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Dunn

The number of maintained single sex schools in England in January 1986 was 616. The breakdown by local education authority is as follows:

Boys Schools Girls Schools
Barking 1 1
Barnet 3 5
Bexley 3 3
Brent 2 2
Bromley 8 8
Croydon 7 7
Ealing 1 1
Enfield 4 3
Haringey 1 1
Harrow 2 2
Havering 2 2
Hillingdon 1 1
Hounslow 2 3
Kingston Upon Thames 4 4
Merton 4 4
Newham 3 3
Redbridge 1 1
Richmond Upon Thames 1
Sutton 7 5
Waltham Forest 5 5
Birmingham 12 13
Coventry 3 3
Dudley 1
Sandwell 1 1
Walsall 1 1
Wolverhampton 1
Knowsley 1 1
Liverpool 11 11
St. Helens 2 2
Sefton 2 2
Wirral 9 8
Manchester 3 3
Stockport 1 1
Tameside 3 2
Trafford 8 8
Bradford 2 2
Kirklees 1 1
Leeds 4 5
Newcastle Upon Tyne 1 1
Sunderland 1 1
Inner London 38 41
Avon 3 4
Bedfordshire 1 1
Berkshire 6 8
Buckinghamshire 7 7
Cambridgeshire 1 1
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 1
Derbyshire 2 2
Devon 5 5
Dorset 7 7
East Sussex 2 2
Essex 10 9
Gloucestershire 6 6
Hampshire 5 6
Hertfordshire 7 11
Humberside 6 5
Kent 33 36
Lancashire 6 5
Leicestershire 1 1
Lincolnshire 6 7
Norfolk 1 1
North Yorkshire 2 1
Northamptonshire 3 3
Nottinghamshire 1 2
Oxfordshire 2 2
Shropshire 2 1
Somerset 1
Surrey 3 2
Warwickshire 2 2
West Sussex 3 3
Wiltshire 2 2
England 303 313