HC Deb 06 April 1987 vol 114 cc57-63W
Mr. Radice

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list by local education authority the number of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools closed since 1979.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

Information is not available in precisely the form requested. The table shows, by local education authority, the number of primary and secondary schools approved for closure by me or my predecessors or determined by local education authorities, in the period from August 1980, when the Education Act 1980 came into force, to December 1986.

School Closures
(August 1980—December 1986)
LEA Primary Secondary Total
Avon 16 2 18
Barking
Barnet 1 1
Barnsley 11 11
Bedfordshire 16 1 17
Berkshire 9 8 17
Bexley 2 3 5
Birmingham 14 20 34
Bolton 4 6 10
Bradford 8 8
Brent 1 1
Bromley 4 4 8
Buckinghamshire 15 4 19
Bury 3 3 6
Calderdale 4 1 5
Cambridgeshire 21 2 23
Cheshire 24 5 29
Cleveland 15 5 20
Cornwall 12 12
Coventry 8 2 10
Croydon 1 9 10
LEA Primary Secondary Total
Cumbria 21 3 24
Derbyshire 16 2 18
Devon 7 8 15
Doncaster 7 7
Dorset 9 3 12
Dudley 8 2 10
Durham 14 3 17
Ealing 2 3 5
East Sussex 6 6
Enfield 1 4 5
Essex 18 1 19
Gateshead 2 1 3
Gloucestershire 14 3 17
Hampshire 39 5 44
Haringey
Harrow 2 2
Havering 1 1
Hereford and Worcester 25 25
Hertfordshire 16 10 26
Hillingdon 2 2
Hounslow
Humberside 42 4 46
ILEA 9 14 23
Isle of Wight 2 2
Isles of Scilly
Kent 11 5 16
Kingston-upon-Thames 2 1 3
Kirklees 9 1 10
Knowsley 2 14 16
Lancashire 23 6 29
Leeds 5 3 8
Leicestershire 14 2 16
Lincolnshire 50 1 51
Liverpool 5 31 36
Manchester 26 14 40
Merton 1 2 3
Newcastle upon Tyne 3 4 7
Newham 1 1
Norfolk 57 1 58
North Tyneside 3 1 4
North Yorkshire 25 8 33
Northamptonshire 5 5
Northumberland 9 2 11
Nottinghamshire 17 6 22
Oldham 7 2 9
Oxfordshire 16 6 22
Redbridge 2 2 4
Richmond-upon-Thames 2 2
Rochdale 2 1 3
Rothcrham 1 2 3
Salford 4 3 7
Salop 17 1 18
Sandwell 2 2 4
Sefton 6 3 9
Sheffield 13 8 21
Solihull 4 4 8
Somerset 8 8
South Tyneside 11 3 14
Staffordshire 35 8 43
St. Helens 5 3 8
Stockport 5 2 7
Suffolk 18 18
Sunderland 6 5 11
Surrey 18 8 26
Sutton 2 2
Tameside 2 4 6
Trafford 6 6
Wakefield 11 1 12
Walsall 3 3
Waltham Forest 1 8 9
Warwickshire 11 2 13
West Sussex 1 1 2
Wigan 8 4 12
Wiltshire 13 13
Wirral 9 7 16
Wolverhampton 4 1 5

Mr. Radice

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table showing expenditure per pupil for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools for each local education authority for 1979, 1983 and the latest date for which figures are available.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

The information requested is given in the following tables. Where n.a. appears in the 1985–86 column, it means that the Department has not yet received a report of the Authority's actual expenditure in that year.

Net institutional expenditure per pupil
Primary schools
1979–80 £ 1983–84 £ 11985–86 £
Barking 495 815 915
Barnet 475 830 930
Bexley 420 710 815
Brent 590 980 n.a.
Bromley 435 760 855
Croydon 450 745 865
Ealing 555 975 1,050
Enfield 425 705 775
Haringey 605 1,095 1,160
Harrow 465 760 875
Havering 435 740 825
Hillingdon 460 825 895
Hounslow 500 890 965
Kingston-upon-Thames 450 715 825
Merton 520 780 n.a.
Newham 560 950 n.a.
Redbridge 435 745 835
Richmond-upon-Thames 480 800 900
Sutton 410 680 750
Waltham Forest 490 875 980
ILEA 695 1,210 n.a.
Birmingham 410 665 745
Coventry 440 785 850
Dudley 360 650 735
Sandwell 435 765 875
Solihull 385 690 755
Walsall 415 785 830
Wolverhampton 465 815 920
Knowsley 415 770 845
Liverpool 470 830 n.a.
St. Helens 385 675 770
Sefton 405 685 740
Wirral 400 675 720
Bolton 380 640 720
Bury 415 645 715
Manchester 520 785 905
Oldham 405 700 815
Rochdale 415 705 795
Salford 400 725 790
Stockport 375 670 740
Tameside 405 715 815
Trafford 400 685 735
Wigan 390 690 785
Barnsley 455 795 865
Doncaster 460 785 870
Rotherham 395 700 800
Sheffield 465 880 980
Bradford 455 745 850
Calderdale 410 725 800
Kirklees 390 665 785
Leeds 480 720 795
Wakefield 420 765 875
Gateshead 460 805 900
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 520 875 930
North Tyneside 460 780 900
South Tyneside 490 815 865
Sunderland 440 700 775
Isles of Scilly 630 1,065 1,210
Avon 420 700 780
Befordshire 470 745 815
Berkshire 400 690 790
Primary schools
1979–80 £ 1983–84 £ 11985–86 £
Buckinghamshire 410 665 755
Cambridgeshire 400 635 730
Cheshire 400 680 760
Cleveland 430 710 795
Cornwall 370 640 710
Cumbria 405 715 775
Derbyshire 395 690 780
Devon 390 645 725
Dorset 400 685 770
Durham 440 715 825
East Sussex 415 690 760
Essex 380 645 730
Gloucestershire 400 660 740
Hampshire 380 645 730
Hereford and Worcester 385 640 745
Hertfordshire 440 695 780
Humberside 415 775 865
Isle of Wight 415 695 730
Kent 375 620 695
Lancashire 365 635 720
Leicestershire 400 725 805
Lincolnshire 385 635 720
Norfolk 410 680 760
North Yorkshire 420 705 775
Northamptonshire 380 670 740
Northumberland 420 690 755
Nottinghamshire 385 760 840
Oxfordshire 420 730 815
Salop 370 675 765
Somerset 370 630 700
Staffordshire 430 755 815
Suffolk 420 700 770
Surrey 400 655 730
Warwickshire 385 670 765
West Sussex 375 610 705
Wiltshire 390 645 745
1 Provisional.
Net institutional expenditure per pupil—Secondary schools
1979–80 (£) 1983–84 (£) 11985–86 (£)
Barking 715 1,090 1,260
Barnet 690 1,190 1,330
Bexley 630 1,030 1,195
Brent 785 1,365 n.a.
Bromley 660 1,090 1,255
Croydon 670 1,140 1,355
Ealing 720 1,220 1,460
Enfield 605 1,055 1,245
Haringey 760 1,475 1,710
Harrow 745 1,200 1,340
Havering 670 1,135 1,325
Hillindon 665 1,175 1,315
Hounslow 685 1,140 1,405
Kingston-upon-Thames 630 1,055 1,325
Merton 660 970 n.a.
Newham 730 1,340 n.a.
Redbridge 660 1,125 1,290
Richmond-upon-Thames 630 1,040 1,200
Sutton 605 1,000 1,135
Waltham Forest 785 1,305 1,540
ILEA 925 1,755 n.a.
Birmingham 615 980 1,175
Coventry 630 1,065 1,310
Dudley 545 935 1,125
Sandwell 630 1,045 1,230
Solihull 570 915 1,115
Walsall 600 1,055 1,185
Wolverhampton 635 1,070 1,225
Knowsley 640 1,140 1,320
Liverpool 675 1,105 n.a.
St Helens 605 990 1,150
Sefton 590 985 1,125
1979–80 (£) 1983–84 (£) 11985–86 (£)
Wirral 580 990 1,125
Bolton 575 965 1,115
Bury 595 1,010 1,175
Manchester 770 1,190 1,425
Oldham 575 925 1,095
Rochdale 650 1,115 1,275
Salford 630 1,025 1,200
Stockport 560 945 1,115
Tameside 580 975 1,160
Trafford 550 965 1,140
Wigan 610 1,045 1,230
Barnsley 620 990 1,165
Doncaster 630 995 1,145
Rotherham 570 925 1,070
Sheffield 635 1,115 1,260
Bradford 540 890 1,085
Calderdale 565 940 1,110
Kirklees 540 870 1,055
Leeds 490 920 1,060
Wakefield 540 915 1,090
Gateshead 600 975 1,185
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 695 1,195 1,345
North Tyneside 610 1,060 1,295
South Tyneside 650 1,050 1,255
Sunderland 615 970 1,150
Isles of Scilly 920 1,360 1,875
Avon 580 1,020 1,160
Bedfordshire 610 985 1,140
Berkshire 575 980 1,150
Buckinghamshire 625 1,010 1,140
Cambridgeshire 590 920 1,040
Cheshire 580 940 1,090
Cleveland 610 1,005 1,175
Cornwall 555 915 1,045
Cumbria 585 990 1,095
Derbyshire 565 950 1,125
Devon 545 925 1,095
Dorset 560 930 1,030
Durham 570 905 1,095
Pupil/Teacher Ratios1
Primary Schools Secondary Schools
1979 1983 1986 1979 1983 1986
Barking 22.3 21.6 21.1 18.6 15.9 15.8
Barnet 21.5 20.2 20.1 18.1 14.6 14.5
Bexley 25.1 24.3 23.3 20.6 16.8 16.5
Brent 18.7 18.4 18.5 16.0 13.5 12.0
Bromley 24.5 23.4 22.9 20.0 16.4 16.2
Croydon 23.0 22.0 22.0 19.2 15.8 15.2
Ealing 20.4 19.0 19.7 18.3 15.1 14.6
Enfield 24.0 22.4 23.0 19.9 15.8 15.3
Haringey 20.9 19.0 18.6 18.3 14.1 12.6
Harrow 22.1 20.8 21.1 18.7 14.6 14.6
Havering 23.6 22.9 22.6 19.9 15.7 15.3
Hillingdon 23.0 22.6 22.5 19.4 16.1 16.9
Hounslow 21.9 20.1 19.8 18.5 15.5 15.2
Kingston-upon-Thames 22.1 22.4 22.1 18.8 16.4 14.9
Merton 22.2 22.4 21.8 19.1 17.5 17.0
Newham 21.4 21.1 20.4 18.6 15.1 13.5
Redbridge 24.1 23.5 23.9 20.2 16.2 15.9
Richmond-upon-Thames 22.2 21.1 20.8 19.6 16.5 15.8
Sutton 24.0 24.7 24.9 20.0 17.1 16.9
Waltham Forest 22.4 21.1 20.9 18.1 14.0 13.6
Inner London 18.7 17.4 17.2 16.7 13.8 12.8
Birmingham 23.9 24.0 22.7 19.8 17.4 16.3
Coventry 22.7 22.3 22.1 19.1 16.6 15.2
Dudley 25.5 23.2 22.8 21.6 16.5 14.9
Sandwell 24.4 22.7 22.4 19.7 15.7 14.9
Solihull 23.5 23.0 22.8 19.5 16.9 16.1
Walsall 22.6 20.8 20.6 18.9 15.0 14.6
Wolverhampton 21.1 19.3 19.3 18.2 15.2 14.7
Knowsley 23.4 22.1 21.3 19.4 15.8 14.5
Liverpool 21.1 20.7 20.6 18.4 16.6 14.9
1979–80 (£) 1983–84 (£) 11985–86 (£)
East Sussex 600 950 1,085
Essex 570 955 1,115
Gloucestershire 555 950 1,095
Hampshire 565 930 1,065
Hereford and Worcester 560 865 1,060
Hertfordshire 650 1,020 1,180
Humberside 570 975 1,125
Isle of Wight 535 895 1,030
Kent 545 895 1,015
Lancashire 575 940 1,095
Leicestershire 585 1,025 1,205
Lincolnshire 580 935 1,025
Norfolk 575 960 1,095
North Yorkshire 590 970 1,110
Northamptonshire 570 960 1,110
Northumberland 570 925 1,075
Nottinghamshire 575 1,030 1,220
Oxfordshire 590 1,010 1,190
Salop 575 965 1,125
Somerset 530 890 1,040
Staffordshire 600 970 1,125
Suffolk 525 915 1,030
Surrey 590 965 1,110
Warwickshire 570 930 1,085
West Sussex 540 900 1,060
Wiltshire 560 935 1,055
1 Provisional.

Mr. Radice

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish the pupil-teacher ratios for each local education authority for 1979, 1983 and 1986 for (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

The pupil-teacher ratios within maintained primary and secondary schools in each local education authority in England in 1979, 1983 and 1986 were as follows:

Primary Schools Secondary Schools
1979 1983 1986 1979 1983 1986
St. Helens 23.8 23.1 22.2 19.9 15.8 15.1
Sefton 23.6 22.2 23.3 20.1 16.7 16.6
Wirral 24.2 23.1 23.6 20.4 16.2 16.0
Bolton 25.2 24.0 23.8 20.6 16.2 15.6
Bury 23.5 23.0 22.3 19.8 15.8 15.2
Manchester 21.9 22.6 21.5 18.0 15.4 13.8
Oldham 25.2 23.6 22.8 21.3 17.4 16.4
Rochdale 22.9 22.4 22.2 18.6 15.0 14.6
Salford 23.5 21.5 21.6 19.3 15.7 15.0
Stockport 26.3 23.5 23.0 21.4 16.4 16.0
Tameside 24.1 23.2 23.3 20.1 16.2 15.8
Trafford 22.2 23.0 22.9 19.1 16.5 16.3
Wigan 22.6 21.3 21.1 19.0 15.3 15.0
Barnsley 23.6 21.5 21.6 20.0 16.7 15.8
Doncaster 22.2 21.3 21.5 19.3 16.3 16.5
Rotherham 24.0 22.7 21.3 20.4 17.0 16.3
Sheffield 21.8 20.7 20.0 19.1 15.9 15.1
Bradford 20.4 20.3 20.5 18.7 18.2 16.4
Calderdale 23.7 21.7 21.8 20.6 17.2 16.1
Kirklees 23.6 22.1 21.9 20.5 17.3 16.3
Leeds 24.6 23.0 21.4 20.3 16.8 16.0
Wakefield 23.3 22.9 21.4 20.3 17.8 16.3
Gateshead 21.2 19.3 19.5 18.8 16.7 15.2
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 18.7 18.2 19.1 16.4 14.3 14.5
North Tyneside 21.1 20.1 18.6 17.9 15.0 13.8
South Tyneside 20.3 19.9 20.7 18.0 15.4 14.4
Sunderland 23.5 22.3 22.0 19.8 16.3 15.6
Isles of Scilly 15.3 14.2 12.3 13.3 11.5 10.0
Avon 24.2 23.9 24.2 20.1 16.7 16.6
Bedfordshire 21.6 22.9 22.5 18.8 17.6 17.4
Berkshire 23.8 22.9 23.3 19.9 16.4 16.0
Buckinghamshire 24.2 24.1 24.4 20.8 16.4 16.2
Cambridgeshire 23.3 23.6 23.4 19.7 16.8 16.7
Cheshire 23.5 22.6 22.7 20.0 16.8 17.0
Cleveland 23.4 21.8 22.3 20.3 16.4 15.9
Cornwall 24.2 23.6 23.5 20.2 16.9 16.6
Cumbria 23.1 21.5 21.2 19.5 16.2 15.5
Derbyshire 23.7 22.3 22.3 20.4 17.2 16.2
Devon 24.3 23.3 23.6 20.9 17.0 16.6
Dorset 23.7 23.4 23.4 20.2 17.1 16.9
Durham 21.5 21.7 22.1 19.1 17.0 16.7
East Sussex 23.4 22.0 22.9 20.1 17.3 16.9
Essex 24.8 24.1 23.9 20.9 17.3 17.0
Gloucestershire 23.4 23.0 22.9 20.1 17.1 16.6
Hampshire 24.6 24.0 23.5 20.4 17.0 16.8
Hereford and Worcester 24.2 25.0 24.0 20.2 18.0 16.9
Hertfordshire 22.5 22.4 22.2 18.8 16.2 15.9
Humberside 22.1 20.9 21.3 19.0 16.3 15.9
Isle of Wight 23.9 23.0 23.9 20.3 18.1 17.6
Kent 24.3 23.9 23.9 20.6 17.3 16.8
Lancashire 24.7 23.8 23.7 20.2 16.6 16.4
Leicestershire 23.3 22.8 23.1 19.3 16.3 15.6
Lincolnshire 23.7 24.8 24.3 20.2 17.1 16.9
Norfolk 22.8 22.2 22.3 20.4 16.7 16.4
North Yorkshire 22.5 22.0 22.1 19.5 16.7 16.5
Northamptonshire 24.4 22.3 22.2 20.1 16.7 15.9
Northumberland 23.4 23.0 23.3 19.5 17.6 16.5
Nottinghamshire 24.7 21.6 20.8 20.3 16.2 15.4
Oxfordshire 24.2 24.2 23.3 20.5 17.4 17.0
Shropshire 23.8 21.9 21.8 19.9 16.3 15.8
Somerset 24.6 24.6 23.9 21.3 18.3 17.4
Staffordshire 23.2 22.0 22.8 19.8 16.4 16.5
Suffolk 23.4 22.2 22.4 20.2 17.2 17.0
Surrey 21.9 22.1 21.8 19.2 16.4 16.0
Warwickshire 23.1 22.4 22.4 20.2 17.1 16.7
West Sussex 24.3 23.3 23.3 20.9 17.2 16.7
Wiltshire 23.9 23.7 23.2 20.6 17.2 17.2
1 Within schools. Middle schools are included with primary and secondary schools as deemed.