§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his answer of 6 November,Official Report, column 478, what is the latest information he has on how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each local education authority in England are eligible to apply for grant-maintained status; how many in each case have held ballots under section 61 of the Education Reform Act 1988; and how many ballots in each case resulted in votes to seek grant-maintained status.
§ Mr. ForthAll maintained primary, secondary and middle schools are eligible to apply for self-governing (grant-maintained) status. The table gives estimated numbers of eligible schools by LEA, and for each LEA the number of schools which have balloted and the number of yes votes. Middle schools are divided into primary and secondary schools as deemed.
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Ballots held Yes votes Authority Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Dorset 201 47 2 14 1 13 Durham 298 44 0 1 0 0 East Sussex 221 38 0 1 0 0 Essex 572 82 33 63 31 60 Gloucestershire 262 27 6 28 5 22 Hampshire 576 97 16 18 14 16 Hereford and Worcester 288 78 1 6 0 4 Hertfordshire 424 82 8 23 5 19 Humberside 353 64 1 2 1 0 Isle of Wight 46 21 0 0 0 0 Kent 570 108 15 65 14 61 Lancashire 603 105 1 14 1 8 Leicestershire 332 82 0 8 0 5 Lincolnshire 288 43 19 24 16 24 Norfolk 388 47 14 16 11 12 North Yorkshire 396 61 2 1 0 0 Northamptonshire 268 54 10 20 9 14 City 1 0 0 0 0 0 Camden 41 11 0 1 0 1 Greenwich 79 15 0 0 0 0 Hackney 70 10 1 1 1 0 Hammersmith 39 9 1 1 1 1 Islington 57 9 0 0 0 0 Kensington and Chelsea 27 4 0 1 0 1 Lambeth 78 9 1 4 1 4 Lewisham 71 14 1 1 1 0 Southwark 76 13 1 5 1 5 Tower Hamlets 73 13 0 2 0 1 Wandsworth 71 7 5 8 3 7 Westminster 41 8 0 0 0 0 Barking 55 8 0 0 0 0 Barnet 89 19 4 5 2 5 Bexley 62 16 2 5 2 4 Brent 64 12 2 11 2 9 Bromley 76 6 2 13 2 12 Croydon 99 20 0 6 0 4 Ealing 90 8 2 8 2 6 Enfield 70 17 0 4 0 4 Haringey 77 9 0 0 0 0 Harrow 54 11 0 2 0 1 Havering 74 19 0 5 0 4 Hillingdon 70 8 7 13 7 13 Hounslow 63 14 0 2 0 2 Kingston upon Thames 36 9 0 4 0 4 Merton 49 12 1 1 0 0 Newham 67 14 0 1 0 1 Redbridge 56 14 0 2 0 1 Richmond upon Thames 39 8 0 0 0 0 Sutton 43 9 1 8 1 8 Waltham Forest 60 17 0 2 0 2 Birmingham 336 79 3 18 2 13 Coventry 110 19 0 0 0 0 Dudley 83 22 1 7 1 5 Sandwell 112 19 0 3 0 1 Solihull 69 14 1 2 1 1 Walsall 106 19 1 10 0 6 Wolverhampton 103 18 1 4 0 4 Knowsley 68 11 0 3 0 1 Liverpool 197 36 0 3 0 2 St. Helens 73 13 0 1 0 0 Sefton 94 23 0 1 0 0 Wirral 106 23 0 2 0 2 Bolton 104 17 1 3 1 3 Bury 72 15 2 0 1 0 Manchester 175 31 0 1 0 0 Oldham 99 16 0 1 0 0 Northumberland 143 61 0 0 0 0 Nottinghamshire 425 84 1 6 0 3 Oxfordshire 240 44 1 2 1 0 Shropshire 213 38 3 6 3 6 Somerset 228 39 2 1 1 1 Staffordshire 416 85 2 10 2 5 Suffolk 255 77 0 1 0 0 Surrey 369 47 15 12 13 12 Warwickshire 244 33 0 10 0 9 West Sussex 245 44 0 3 0 0 Wiltshire 291 41 6 9 4 5
§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many ballots in England on grant-maintained status have resulted in participation rates(a) above 79 per cent., (b) between 70 and 79 per cent., (c) between 60 and 69 per cent., (d) between 50 and 59 per cent. and (e) below 50 per cent.
§ Mr. ForthParticipation rates for ballots on grant-maintained status in England are given in the table. Where a second ballot has been held following a first ballot with a turnout of under 50 per cent, only the participation rate of the deciding ballot is included.
Number over 79 per cent. 113 70–79 per cent. 232 60–69 per cent. 350 50–59 per cent. 246 Under 50 per cent. 29