HC Deb 15 July 1992 vol 211 cc723-4W
Mr. Chris Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the number of(a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools affected by local education authority reorganisation for each year since 1987.

Mr. Forth

The number of schools is as follows:

Primary Secondary
1987 451 612
1988 451 360
1989 364 504
1990 517 223
1991 408 174

In some cases a school may have featured in more than one statutory proposal.

Mr. Chris Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the time taken for each local education authority schools reorganisation plan since 1987, from submission of the plan to the Department to a decision being made.

Mr. Forth

This information could be made available only at disproportionate cost.