HC Deb 21 May 1992 vol 208 cc222-3W
Mr. Byers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list in rank order by individual local education authority the number of schools in each local education authority that have gained grant-maintained status.

Mr. Forman

The information requested is as follows:

Numbers
1. Kent 33
2. Lincolnshire 20
3. Essex 16
4. Surrey 14
5. Norfolk 12
6. Gloucestershire 11
7. Bromley 10
8. Berkshire 8
Hertfordshire 8
Hillingdon 8
9. Northamptonshire 7
10. Cumbria 6
Dorset 6
Hampshire 6
Lancashire 6
Warwickshire 6
11. Ealing 5
Sutton 5
12. Birmingham 4
Buckinghamshire 4
Cambridgeshire 4
Derbyshire 4
Wandsworth 4
13. Bedfordshire 3
Calderdale 3
14. Avon 2
Barnet 2
Bexley 2
Bolton 2
Brent 2
Cheshire 2
Kirklees 2
Somerset 2
Walsall 2
Wiltshire 2
Wolverhampton 2
15. Bradford 1
Croydon 1
Devon 1
Dudley 1
Hammersmith and Fulham 1
Humberside 1
Kensington and Chelsea 1

Numbers
Lambeth 1
Leicestershire 1
Liverpool 1
Newham 1
Nottinghamshire 1
Rochdale 1
Sandwell 1
Sheffield 1
Shropshire 1
Southwark 1
Tameside 1
Tower Hamlets 1
Waltham Forest 1
255

The table includes 217 schools that are operating as GM; 33 that have been approved but are not yet open; and five that are "minded to approve" for GM status with effect from September 1992.