§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give details of each proposal for a reorganisation or closure of schools involving the transfer of sixth form provision to(a) a sixth form college or (b) a further education or tertiary college, with name of area, and local education authority and colleges concerned, the approximate number of pupil/students involved, the decision of the Secretary of State, and date, for each year since 1979 for which data are available.
§ Mr. EggarThe full information requested could be provided only at a disproportionate cost. Those proposals decided by the Secretary of State which involved the establishment of tertiary or sixth form colleges from 1984 onwards include the following:
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Proposal Date LEA Decision Made Decision Date 9 March 1987 Shropshire Approved 10 December 1987 12 June 1987 Merton 1Approved 11 July 1988 18 June 1987 Humberside Approved 6 January 1988 17 July 1987 Lancashire Approved 23 June 1988 22 July 1987 Hampshire 1Approved 23 May 1988 18 September 1987 Leeds Approved 28 June 1988 22 April 1988 ILEA Approved 15 February 1989 27 May 1988 Havering 1Approved 14 August 1989 20 April 1989 Newham 1Approved 26 April 1990 1 May 1990 Oldham 1Approved 3 December 1990 1 Proposals approved with modification