§ Mr. Bill MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made as to the effect of a reduction in school places on parental choice.
§ Mr. ForthThe effect of the removal of surplus places will vary from one area to another. My right hon. Friend is currently consulting local education authorities about
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Capital spending on schools by authority (£000 cash) 1986–87 outturn 1987–88 outturn 1988–89 outturn 1989–90 outturn 1990–91 outturn Barking 883 775 1,253 1,604 2,063 Barnet 3,469 1,930 2,616 1,894 3,759 Bexley 2,379 2,656 3,152 3,690 2,420 Brent 5,394 5,362 4,848 8,705 5,535 Bromley 2,358 2,505 6,590 5,640 5,516 Croydon 2,785 3,474 5,048 7,818 13,783 Ealing 2,787 4,753 n/a 4,151 2,001 Enfield 2,315 1,910 3,967 5,028 16,835 Haringey 4,978 1,754 n/a 3,989 1,099 Harrow 739 887 2,565 3,817 2,684 Havering 1,737 2,447 3,398 5,105 7,364 Hillingdon 4,545 5,423 7,774 12,787 4,343 Hounslow 3,073 3,719 5,461 7,948 4,227 Kingston 708 898 1,672 2,541 3,574 Merton 2,822 2,502 2,408 6,949 9,556 Newham 4,818 3,977 5,917 8,416 6,983 Redbridge 984 2,553 n/a 5,689 5,212 Richmond 505 363 n/a 1,671 2,596 Sutton 607 1,296 3,080 5,001 7,475 Waltham Forest 3,278 3,191 n/a 11,837 6,769 City — — — — 0 Camden — — — — 795 Westminster — — — — 123 Greenwich — — — — 1,909 Hackney — — — — 1,456 Hammersmith — — — — 865 Islington — — — — 0 Kensington — — — — 3,057 Lambeth — — — — 758 Lewisham — — — — 1,418 Southwark — — — — n/a Wandsworth — — — — 2,765 Tower Hamlets — — — — 14,998 ILEA 19,356 23,003 21,298 40,325 n/a Birmingham 4,917 5,339 4,164 9,200 12,062 Coventry 6,249 6,184 8,174 16,349 10,493 Dudley 2,893 2,968 3,556 3,826 3,359 Sandwell 1,824 1,147 634 3,179 4,115 Solihull 1,051 1,940 2,111 2,612 2,138 Walsall 1,466 3,105 2,781 475 2,077 Wolverhampton 605 1,239 1,865 2,092 1,324 Knowsley 1,294 1,906 1,174 1,678 2,147 Liverpool 1,699 1,610 9,662 2,953 2,845 St. Helens 418 351 1,476 1,363 1,943 Sefton 2,223 1,837 1,704 2,734 3,884 Wirral 2,038 3,151 4,681 3,456 4,126 Bolton 815 734 2,227 2,735 1,786 Bury 371 762 953 1,560 1,194 Manchester 4,222 5,648 n/a 10,492 4,304 Oldham 1,097 1,578 2,196 3,639 4,699 Rochdale 1,109 2,351 2,463 3,505 3,586 Salford 2,710 3,009 3,329 3,939 2,686 Stockport 2,520 2,303 2,791 4,556 2,727 Tameside 1,253 1,458 2,405 2,305 1,889 Trafford 3,151 1,191 1,370 6,374 10,766 Wigan 1,749 3,335 3,734 2,178 2,726 Barnsley 603 709 1,715 2,462 1,874 Doncaster 531 449 792 1,222 436 Rotherham 2,070 1,820 2,248 2,197 1,644 Sheffield 4,401 5,455 9,022 7,998 1,331 Bradford 7,167 9,445 10,599 11,677 9,556 Calderdale 571 1,464 3,255 4,596 1,846 the level of surplus places that can practicably be removed. The effect on parental choice is one of the factors which he will take into account.