Mr. John D. TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many schools were closed in each of the past five years in the Wiltshire education authority area.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthThe number of schools which were closed in each of the past five years in the Wiltshire education authority area was as follows:
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Year Number 1989 5 1988 6 1987 1 1986 None 1985 8
Mr. John D. TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many schools were closed in each of the past five years within the area now covered by Greenwich local education authority.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthGreenwich local education authority came into being on 1 April 1990. Information on school closures in Greenwich is not readily available before this date as it is not possible to identify accurately those schools in the former Inner London education authority that fall within the Greenwich area. Information on schools closures held by the Department is coded at local education authority level. The codings could be subdivided to areas below this level only with the assistance of LEAs concerned, and would involve disproportionate cost.
The Department is not currently aware of any closures in Greenwich since April 1990.
Mr. John D. TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many schools were closed in each of the past five years in the Cambridgeshire education authority area.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthThe number of schools which were closed in each of the past five years in the Cambridgeshire education authority area was as follows:
Number 1989 8 1988 12 1987 7 1986 10 1985 16