§ Ms. ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many people are employed on the management of the assisted places scheme.
§ Mr. ForthA total of 7.7 full-time equivalent staff are directly engaged in the management of the assisted places scheme in the current financial year.
§ Ms. ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how much has been spent on the assisted places scheme and for how many pupils for each year since 1989, in cash and constant prices.
§ Mr. ForthThe information requested is shown in the following table and relates to England only:
Year Pupil numbers (Academic Year) Cash cost (£ million) In real terms1 (£ million—constant 1991–92 prices 1989–90 27,008 56.5 64.4 1990–91 26,740 63.4 67.2 1991–92 27,641 78.9 78.9 1 The real terms series has been derived on the basis of the GDP deflator assumptions published in the Budget with the most recent year as the price base.
§ Ms. ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the schools involved in the assisted places scheme, with(a) the total number of pupils on rolls and (b) the number of assisted pupils, and the percentage which (b) bears to (a) in each school for the latest year which figures are available.
§ Mr. ForthThe information is as follows. The latest year for which complete details are available is the academic year—AY—1990–91.
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School name Number of pupils on roll Number of assisted pupils Percentage of assisted pupils to pupils on roll Bolton school (Boys) 1,000 246 24.60 Bolton school (Girls) 1,100 237 21.55 Bootham school, York 320 10 3.13 Bradfield college, Reading 530 3 0.57 Bradford girls grammar 900 53 5.89 Bradford grammar school 1,150 219 19.04 Brentwood school 1,080 82 7.59 Brighton and Hove high school GPDST 740 133 17.97 Brighton college 500 107 21.40 Bristol Cathedral school 460 143 31.09 Bristol grammar school 1,200 254 21.17 Bromley high school GPDST 690 90 13.04 Bromsgrove school, Worcestershire 560 9 1.61 Bruton school for girls 580 115 19.83 Burgess Hill school for girls 580 6 1.03 Bury grammar school (Boys) 750 191 25.47 Bury grammar school (Girls) 1,120 235 20.98 Canford school, Wimborne 530 28 5.28 Carmel college, Wallingford 290 84 28.97 Casterton school, Cumbria 380 38 10.00 Caterham school 720 107 14.86 Central Newcastle high school GPDST 780 107 13.72 Charterhouse, near Godalming 700 10 1.43 Cheadle Hulme school 1,000 131 13.10 Cheltenham ladies college 840 6 0.71 Chigwell school 620 65 10.48 Christ's hospital 830 10 1.20 Churchers college, Petersfield 460 115 25.00 City of London school 850 136 16.00 City of London school for girls 660 105 15.91 City of London Freemans school, Ashtead 650 4 0.62 Clifton college, Bristol 700 64 9.14 Clifton high school, Bristol 750 37 4.93 Colfes school, London SE12 860 175 20.35 Colston's school, Bristol 340 77 22.65 Colston's girls school 660 162 24.55 Coventry school, Bablake 2,750 256 9.31 Cranleigh school 570 37 6.49 Croham Hurst school, Croydon 590 9 1.53 Croydon high school, GPDST 1,040 89 8.56 Culford school. Bury St. Edmunds 710 49 6.90 Dame Allans boys school, Newcastle upon Tyne 440 118 26.82 Dame Allans girls school 420 134 31.90 Dauntseys school, Devizes 590 50 8.47 Denstone college, Uttoxeter 360 106 29.44 Derby high school 500 5 1.00 Douai school, Reading 300 6 2.00 Dover college 310 10 3.23 Downe House school, Newbury 460 3 0.65 Dulwich college 1,430 277 19.37 Durham school 380 10 2.63 Edgbaston C of E college for girls 470 9 1.91 Edgehill college, Bideford 500 138 27.60 Ellerslie school, Worcestershire 250 10 4.00 Ellesmere college 370 3 0.81 Eltham college, London SE9 700 86 12.29 Emanuel school, London SW11 760 269 35.39 Epsom college 650 20 3.08 Exeter school 680 169 24.85 Farnborough hill school 520 146 28.08 Felixstowe college 320 10 3.13 Felsted school, Dunmow 500 40 8.00 Forest school, London E17 450 130 28.89 Framlingham college 680 3 0.44 Francis Holland school, London NW1 360 9 2.50 Friends school. Saffron Walden 270 77 28.52 Giggleswick school, Settle 300 3 1.00 Godolphin school, Salisbury 320 10 3.13 Godolphin and Latymer school, London W6 700 165 23.57 Greshams school, Norfolk 480 10 2.08 Guildford High school for girls 580 7 1.21 Haberdashers' Aske's school, Elstree 1,300 208 16.00 Haberdashers' Aske's schools for girls, Elstree 1,100 112 10.18 Haileybury and Imperial Service college 690 4 0.58 Hampton school 870 179 20.57 Harrogate college 400 17 4.25 566W567W
School name Number of pupils on roll Number of assisted pupils Percentage of assisted pupils to pupils on roll Headington school, Oxford 680 3 0.44 Hereford Cathedral school 600 217 36.17 Highgate school 300 31 10.33 Hipperholme grammar school 370 3 0.81 Holy Child school 370 5 1.35 Hulme grammar, boys, Oldham 860 207 24.07 Hulme grammar, girls, Oldham 590 183 31.02 Hurstpierpoint college, Hassocks 570 8 1.40 Hymers college, Hull 870 144 16.55 Ipswich high school GPDST 600 106 17.67 Ipswich school 630 77 12.22 James Aliens girls school 850 156 18.35 John Lyons school, Harrow 490 90 18.37 Kent college, Canterbury 650 82 12.62 Kimbolton schools, Cambridge 690 10 1.45 King Edwards school at Bath 690 112 16.23 King Edwards school, Birmingham 780 213 27.31 King Edward VI High school, Birmingham 560 118 21.07 King Edward VII school, Lytham 650 222 34.15 King Edward VI school, Norwich 760 110 14.47 King Edward VI school. Southampton 940 225 23.94 King Edwards school, Witley 520 70 13.46 Kings college school, Wimbledon 650 79 12.15 Kings high school for girls, Warwick 990 140 14.14 Kingsley school 550 5 0.91 Kings school, Bruton 330 7 2.12 Kings school, Chester 560 88 15.71 Kings school, Macclesfield 1,040 145 13.94 Kings school, Rochester 440 50 11.36 Kings school, Tynemouth 910 3 0.33 Kings, school, Worcester 860 167 19.42 Kingston grammar school 570 157 27.54 Kingswood school, Bath 480 40 8.33 Kirkham grammar school 510 78 15.29 Lady Eleanor Holles school, Hampton 810 50 6.17 La Sagesse convent school, Newcastle upon Tyne 340 139 40.88 Latymer upper school, London W6 1,030 319 30.97 Laxton school 150 2 1.33 Leeds girls high school 950 86 9.05 Leeds grammar school 1,180 188 15.93 Leicester grammar school 550 13 2.36 Leighton park school, Reading 360 10 2.78 Leys school, Cambridge 380 34 8.95 Liverpool college 700 181 25.86 Lord Wandsworth college, Basingstoke 440 81 18.41 Loreto convent grammar school, Altrincham 820 50 6.10 Loughborough grammar 880 124 14.09 Loughborough high school 520 95 18.27 Magdalen college school, Oxford 500 113 22.60 Malvern college group 600 57 9.50 Manchester grammar school 1,460 261 17.88 Manchester high school 970 163 16.80 Marist convent senior school. Ascot 500 3 0.60 Maynard school, Exeter 530 150 28.30 Merchant Taylors, Liverpool 770 206 26.75 Merchant Taylors girls, Liverpool 810 180 22.22 Merchant Taylors, Northwood 700 59 8.43 Mill Hill school 540 60 11.11 Monkton Combe school, Bath 340 38 11.18 Mount Carmel school, Cheshire 590 10 1.69 Mount St. Mary's college, Nr. Sheffield 280 53 18.93 Mount school, York 290 10 3.45 Newcastle under Lyme school, Staffordshire 1,350 437 32.37 Newcastle upon Tyne church high school 610 10 1.64 Northampton high school 770 155 20.13 North London collegiate school, Edgware 850 88 10.35 Norwich high school GPDST 840 152 18.10 Nottingham girls high school GPDST 1,050 182 17.33 Nottingham high school 830 146 17.59 Notting Hill and Ealing high GPDST 770 114 14.81 Oakham school, Rutland 986 10 1.01 Old Palace school, Croydon 760 183 24.08 Oxford high school GPDST 650 86 13.23 Pangbourne college, Reading 330 8 2.42 Perse school for boys, Cambridge 490 60 12.24 Perse school for girls 710 58 8.17
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School name Number of pupils on roll Number of assisted pupils Percentage of assisted pupils to pupils on roll Plymouth college 700 186 26.57 Pocklington school, near York 710 129 18.17 Polam hall school. Darlington 470 13 2.77 Portsmouth grammar school 1,020 186 18.24 Portsmouth high school GPDST 670 130 19.40 Prior park college, Bath 390 10 2.56 Putney high school GPDST 830 86 10.36 Queen Elizabeth grammar, Blackburn 1,200 255 21.25 Queen Elizabeth grammar, Wakefield 980 144 14.69 Queen Elizabeth hospital school, Bristol 480 167 34.79 Queen Mary school, Lytham 700 240 34.29 Queens college Taunton 610 63 10.33 Queens college, London W1 400 67 16.75 Queens school, Chester 580 71 12.24 Ratcliffe college, Leicestershire 420 68 16.19 Redland high school, Bristol 630 80 12.70 Red Maids school, Bristol 480 157 32.71 Reed's school, Cobham 350 10 2.86 Reigate grammar school 870 99 11.38 Rendcomb college, Cirencester 280 10 3.57 Repton school, near Derby 560 49 8.75 Rossall school, Fleetwood 480 43 8.96 Royal grammar school, Guildford 800 105 13.13 Royal grammar school, Newcastle upon Tyne 1,130 254 22.48 Royal grammar school, Worcester 870 263 30.23 Ryde school 620 3 0.48 St. Albans school 670 110 16.42 St. Albans high school for girls 690 56 8.12 St. Ambrose college, Altrincham 640 73 11.41 St. Anselms college, Birkenhead 850 190 22.35 St. Bede's college, Manchester 870 220 25.29 St. Bees school, Cumbria 370 75 20.27 St. Benedict's school, Ealing 590 74 12.54 St. Catherine's school, Bramley 620 34 5.48 St. Dunstan's college, Catford 830 151 18.19 St. Edmund's college. Ware 460 69 15.00 St. Edward's college, Liverpool 850 395 46.47 St. Felix school, Southwold 360 6 1.67 St. George's college, Weybridge 600 31 5.17 St. Helen's school, Northwood 880 33 3.75 St. John's college, Southsea 860 163 18.95 St. John's school, Leatherhead 460 11 2.39 St. Joseph's college, Ipswich 740 72 9.73 St. Joseph's convent, Reading 530 113 21.32 St. Joseph's college, Stoke-on-Trent 480 5 1.04 St. Lawrence college, Ramsgate 360 10 2.78 St. Margaret's school, Bushey 460 8 1.74 St. Margaret's school, Exeter 450 7 1.56 St. Mary's college, Crosby 800 239 29.88 St. Mary's convent, Cambridge 550 101 18.36 St. Mary's hall, Brighton 390 65 16.67 St. Maur's convent, Weybridge 470 49 10.43 St. Paul's school, Barnes 640 82 12.81 St. Paul's girls school, Hammersmith 630 59 9.37 St. Peter's school, York 480 126 26.25 St. Swithun's school, Winchester 410 0 0.00 Salesian college, Farnborough 450 52 11.56 Scarborough college 390 10 2.56 School of St. Helen and St. Katherine, Abingdon 520 80 15.38 School of St. Mary and St. Anne 270 5 1.85 Sedbergh school 680 40 5.88 Sevenoaks school, Kent 920 4 0.43 Sheffield high school GPDST 680 76 11.18 Shrewsbury high school GPDST 570 77 13.51 Silcoates school 570 1 0.18 Sir William Perkins school, Chertsey 490 83 16.94 Solihull school 980 12 1.22 South Hampstead high school GPDST 670 61 9.10 Stafford independent grammar school 290 5 1.72 Stamford school 950 75 7.89 Stamford high school 1,010 80 7.92 Stockport grammar school 1,270 243 19.13 Stoneyhurst college, near Blackburn 430 27 6.28 Stowe school, near Buckingham 610 4 0.66 Streatham Hill and Clapham high GPDST 500 148 29.60 Surbiton high school 600 9 1.50
School name Number of pupils on roll Number of assisted pupils Percentage of assisted pupils to pupils on roll Sutton high school GPDST 820 64 7.80 Sutton Valence school, near Maidstone 410 65 15.85 Sydenham high school GPDST 650 115 17.69 Talbot Heath school, Bournemouth 600 134 22.33 Taunton school 590 50 8.47 Teesside high school 540 2 0.37 Tonbridge school 660 1 0.15 Tormead school, Guildford 550 6 1.09 Trent college, Derbyshire 610 122 20.00 Trinity school of John Whitgift, Croydon 800 140 17.50 Truro school 860 115 13.37 Truro high school 500 59 11.80 University College school, London NW3 770 63 8.18 Upton Hall Convent school 600 158 26.33 Ursuline Convent school, Kent 330 10 3.03 Ursuline high school, Ilford 410 124 30.24 Wakefield high school 760 135 17.76 Walthamstow Hall, Sevenoaks 530 67 12.64 Warwick school 990 129 13.03 Wellingborough school 830 58 6.99 Wellington college, Berkshire 830 34 4.01 Wellington school, Somerset 800 207 25.88 Wells Cathedral school 590 68 11.53 West Buckland school, Barnstaple 530 78 14.72 Westholme school, Blackburn 950 10 1.05 Westminster school 600 46 7.67 Whitgift school, Croydon 900 108 12.00 William Hulme grammar school, Manchester 790 220 27.85 Wimbledon high school GPDST 700 68 9.71 Winchester college 660 21 3.18 Wisbech grammar school 600 297 49.50 Withington girls school, Manchester 560 71 12.68 Wolverhampton grammar school 640 260 40.62 Woodbridge school, Suffolk 540 112 20.74 Woodhouse Grove school, Bradford 410 135 32.93 Worksop college, Nottingham 390 10 2.56 Wrekin college 380 2 0.53 Wycliffe college, Stonehouse 330 41 12.42 Yarm school, Cleveland 420 13 3.10 Average proportion 1308 1Numbers of pupils on roll are rounded to the nearest 10 pupils. 2Numbers of Assisted Pupils at start of school year 1990–91.
§ Ms. ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list, for each year since 1989, the number of assisted places available, the number taken up and the percentage of those taken up which were free places.
§ Mr. ForthThe information is given in the following table:
School year Places available Places taken up Percentage of free places 1989–90 33,280 27,008 31 1990–91 33,289 26,740 32 1991–92 33,296 27,641 35
§ Ms. ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the average cost per pupil of an assisted place for each year since 1989.
§ Mr. ForthThe average cost of an assisted place in the academic year 1989–90 and the two following years was £2,364, £2,691 and £3,100 respectively.
§ Ms. ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has for placing the management of the assisted places scheme in private hands; and if he will make a statement.
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§ Mr. ForthI refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Wrexham (Dr. Marek) on 1 July 1992, at column570.