§ Mr. FrenchTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools in each local authority are currently making applications for grant-maintained status.
§ Mr. ForthThe figures requested are given in the table:
Number Bedfordshire 7 Berkshire 2 Bexley 1 Bradford 4 Brent 2 Bromley 1 Buckinghamshire 3 Calderdale 1 Cambridgeshire 5 Cheshire 2 Croydon 1 Cumbria 4 Derbyshire 6 Devon 4 Doncaster 1 Dorset 1 Dudley 2 Essex 18 Gloucestershire 4 Hackney 1 Hampshire 9 Havering 3 Hereford and Worcestershire 2 Hertfordshire 8 Hillingdon 4 Hounslow 2 Kent 13 Kingston-upon-Thames 1 Lambeth 2 Lancashire 1 Leicestershire 1 Lincolnshire 3 Norfolk 4 Northamptonshire 5 Nottinghamshire 2 Rochdale 1 Shropshire 2 Southwark 1 Staffordshire 3 Surrey 4 Sutton 2 Tameside 1 Trafford 3 Walsall 1 Wandsworth 3 Wolverhampton 1
§ Mr. FrenchTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many parents in each local authority have voted for, and how many have voted against, grant-maintained status for their children's school.
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§ Mr. ForthStatistics are collected as total numbers of eligible votes cast and numbers of votes in favour of grant-maintained status for each local authority. It is not possible to derive a figure for votes against grant-maintained status by subtracting votes in favour from votes cast because this would not take account of spoiled papers. The figures are as follows:
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Total eligible votes cast Votes in favour Avon 1,960 979 Barnet 3,214 2,206 Barnsley 1,479 402 Bedfordshire 10,522 6,435 Berkshire 7,767 5,596 Bexley 2,573 1,625 Birmingham 11,787 8,335 Bolton 1,271 1,116 Bradford 4,834 3,118 Brent 4,681 3,363 Bromley 12,590 9,130 Buckinghamshire 8,415 5,441 Calderdale 2,639 2,100 Cambridgeshire 12,657 7,981 Cheshire 5,921 2,732 Cleveland 1,397 310 Cornwall 41 30 Croydon 3,109 2,069 Cumbria 7,416 5,757 Derbyshire 15,082 8,568 Devon 6,871 4,099 Doncaster 830 306 Dorset 8,272 6,032 Dudley 4,104 2,874 Durham 1,407 341 Ealing 6,772 3,689 Essex 41,450 31,245 Gateshead 1,613 718 Gloucestershire 18,158 11,688 Hackney 772 254 Hammersmith 1,357 1,279 Hampshire 13,264 9,081 Harrow 1,082 438 Havering 4,153 2,035 Hereford and Worcester 1,994 1,478 Hertfordshire 15,681 10,638 Hillingdon 10,838 9,522 Hounslow 2,196 1,929 Humberside 2,031 614 Kensington 906 858 Kent 39,806 31,863 Kingston 1,620 1,226 Kirklees 3,271 1,760 Knowsley 1,481 39 Lambeth 2,260 2,020 Lancashire 9,160 4,270 Leicestershire 2,112 1,350 Lewisham 594 361 Lincolnshire 16,672 13,277 Liverpool 1,416 771 Manchester 1,061 358 Merton 841 382 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1,056 397 Newham 681 349 Norfolk 12,482 7,817 North Yorkshire 969 370 Northamptonshire 13,730 9,247 Nottinghamshire 3,898 1,584 Oldham 1,158 172 Oxfordshire 1,220 468 Redbridge 765 171 Rochdale 2,588 1,034 Salford 1,575 711 Sandwell 2,235 1,182 Sheffield 1,577 809 Shropshire 1,621 1,435 Solihull 2,006 1,166 Somerset 772 634
Total eligible votes cast Votes in favour Southwark 750 685 Staffordshire 3,244 2,031 Stockport 1,204 316 Surrey 9,890 8,111 Sutton 7,160 5,756 Tameside 2,618 1,815 Tower Hamlets 1,519 740 Trafford 2,870 1,761 Wakefield 44 38 Walsall 7,180 3,675 Waltham Forest 1,117 579 Wandsworth 6,985 5,602 Warwickshire 4,847 2,984 West Sussex 2,894 519 Wigan 324 274 Wiltshire 3,501 1,763 Wolverhampton 2,322 1,750
§ Mr. FrenchTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools in each local authority now have grant-maintained status.
§ Mr. ForthThe figures requested are given in the table:
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Number of schools Kent 36 Essex 35 Lincolnshire 23 Gloucestershire 16 Norfolk 16 Surrey 15 Bromley 12 Berkshire 11 Northamptonshire 11 Hillingdon 11 Cambridgeshire 11 Hertfordshire 10 Hampshire 10 Birmingham 9 Warwickshire 8 Buckinghamshire 8 Cumbria 7 Dorset 7 Ealing 7 Lancashire 6 Sutton 6 Derbyshire 5 Wandsworth 5 Wiltshire 4 Bedfordshire 3 Calderdale 3 Barnet 3 Avon 2 Bexley 2 Bolton 2 Brent 2 Cheshire 2 Kirklees 2 Lambeth 2 Somerset 2 Walsall 2 Wolverhampton 2 Croydon 2 Bradford 1 Devon 1 Dudley 1 Hammersmith 1 Humberside 1 Kensington 1 Kingston 1 Leicester 1 Lewisham 1 Liverpool 1
Number of schools Newham 1 Nottinghamshire 1 Rochdale 1 Sandwell 1 Sheffield 1 Shropshire 1 Solihull 1 Southwark 1 Staffordshire 1 Tameside 1 Tower Hamlets 1 Waltham Forest 1
§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what amount of the special purposes grant for 1993–94 for grant-maintained schools will be used to cover those activities that would be covered by the grants for education support and training programme in local authority maintained schools.
§ Mr. ForthDecisions have not yet been taken about the precise details of special purpose grant (development) allocations in 1993–94.