§ Mr. David HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what are the numbers and percentages of surplus places in each local education authority in England.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe tables set out the numbers of surplus places, by local education authority area, and the proportion that these represent of total capacity, as at 411W January this year. The data are drawn from the returns made this summer by local education authorities in respect of their schools and by the Funding Agency for Schools in respect of grant-maintained schools in stage 2 and 3 authority areas: data on surplus places in the 286 GM schools stage 1 authorities are not available. These returns indicate that there were just over 1 million surplus school places in England in January this year, representing 13 per cent. of the total capacity of 7.7 million places.
The tables illustrate considerable variation in numerical and proportionate levels of surplus across the country. In some cases, combinations of pupil population growth and current rationalisation plans will probably reduce high levels of surplus to more acceptable levels. Where there is no indication of significant reduction in high levels of surplus, the Department will consult the authorities concerned about the extent to which any of that surplus is in practice removable. In the light of this consultation my right hon. Friend will decide whether surplus place removal targets should be set for any of these authorities.
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Table 1: Surplus places by local authority area (excluding GM schools in stage 1 authorities) at January 1994 Primary (see note 1) Actual surplus Secondary Actual surplus LEA Number Percentage Number Percentage Avon 7,342 9 11,596 18 Barking 975 7 307 3 Barnet 1,598 7 1,947 110 Barnsley 1,496 7 2,611 17 Bedfordshire 7,272 15 9,021 117 Berkshire 5,946 9 7,754 114 Bexley 1,799 9 2,005 112 Birmingham 8,983 9 11,330 115 Bolton 2,187 9 2,000 111 Bradford 4,099 11 6,914 113 Brent 2,291 11 2,383 216 Bromley 1,442 7 891 15 Buckinghamshire 11,457 17 3,231 18 Bury 848 6 947 9 Calderdale 2,722 13 2,221 114 Cambridgeshire 7,978 13 2,837 17 Camden 325 3 1,047 19 Cheshire 14,860 15 7,983 12 Cleveland 7,426 12 8,276 19 Cornwall 3,005 8 2,601 8 Corporation of London 22 10 — — Coventry 5,133 16 4,236 18 Croydon 2,442 9 1,716 111 Cumbria 6,104 14 6,169 117 Derbyshire 10,637 13 10,782 116 Devon 9,032 10 4,160 7 Doncaster 6,632 20 6,439 23 Dorset 3,242 7 3,964 19 Dudley 3,352 11 2,218 111 Durham 8,368 14 8,144 18 Ealing 4,358 17 1,056 17 East Sussex 6,671 12 3,783 10 Enfield 1,013 5 1,781 19 Essex 17,814 112 18,008 116 Gateshead 4,887 23 2,695 19 Gloucestershire 6,234 13 3,417 110 Greenwich 2,220 11 3,038 18 Hackney 2,046 12 2,132 23 Hammersmith 1,591 16 2,606 131 Hampshire 18,287 13 10,114 112 Haringey 1,240 7 1,515 14 Harrow 998 5 278 4 Havering 1,817 9 2,284 113 Hereford and Worcester 6,505 11 7,851 15 Hertfordshire 14,517 16 13,552 117 Hillingdon 2,464 112 1,336 9 Hounslow 1,656 9 435 13 Humberside 11,612 13 10,912 16 Isle of Wight 384 5 1,093 10
Table 1: Surplus places by local authority area (excluding GM schools in stage 1 authorities) at January 1994 Primary (see note 1) Actual surplus Secondary Actual surplus LEA Number Percentage Number Percentage Isle of Scilly 67 27 223 65 Islington 1,630 10 1,656 19 Kensington 722 12 712 118 Kent 14,638 11 18,000 115 Kingston upon Thames 503 5 843 110 Kirklees 2,714 8 3,160 12 Knowsley 3,277 17 1,635 16 Lambeth 4,060 20 3,142 133 Lancashire 12,398 9 11,754 13 Leeds 10,425 15 6,358 13 Leicestershire 8,082 10 10,076 15 Lewisham 999 5 1,587 13 Lincolnshire 7,434 113 4,864 112 Liverpool 11,436 21 7,687 22 Manchester 5,657 12 12,294 36 Merton 1,100 8 1,488 17 Newcastle upon Tyne 3,704 16 4,421 21 Newham 3,631 14 2,794 17 Norfolk 7,383 11 4,041 19 North Tyneside 3,020 18 3,101 18 North Yorkshire 9,048 14 6,304 13 Northamptonshire 4,410 9 5,423 111 Northumberland 4,960 21 3,333 111 Nottinghamshire 13,457 14 20,327 25 Oldham 2,152 9 1,145 7 Oxfordshire 8,237 17 6,858 16 Redbridge 406 2 835 6 Richmond-upon-Thames 686 6 288 4 Rochdale 1,709 8 2,436 17 Rotherham 3,423 13 2,875 14 Salford 3,681 15 3,375 23 Sandwell 1,857 7 3,445 16 Sefton 2,884 11 3,956 18 Sheffield 6,696 14 5,612 18 Shropshire 4,902 12 4,947 117 Solihull 2,443 12 1,144 8 Somerset 2,487 7 3,486 11 South Tyneside 1,710 11 2,076 18 Southwark 3,980 18 2,296 120 St. Helens 1,985 12 2,245 16 Staffordshire 21,456 20 4,919 7 Stockport 2,448 9 2,209 12 Suffolk 4,559 10 6,000 11 Sunderland 6,104 18 2,408 11 Surrey 8,483 11 5,407 111 Sutton 1,110 9 367 13 Tameside 1,464 7 1,737 112 Tower Hamlets 1,522 7 2,239 17 Trafford 1,562 8 2,067 115 Wakefield 3,924 13 4,728 19 Walsall 3,556 13 3,565 116 Waltham Forest 1,422 7 1,737 113 Wandsworth 6,111 30 2,308 121 Warwickshire 7,966 15 6,607 121 West Sussex 6,951 12 6,051 13 Westminster 621 7 938 12 Wigan 5,734 17 2,969 14 Wiltshire 7,604 14 5,812 114 Wirral 4,398 13 4,064 18 Wolverhampton 4,412 17 3,638 119 Total 540,729 12 475,628 14 1 Stage two for planning purposes 2 Stage three for planning purposes Note 1: Primary figures show surplus after taking account of any summer entry
Note 2: Stage 1 = less than 10 per cent of pupils in the GM sector
Stage 2 = between 10 per cent and 75 per cent. Of pupils in the GM sector
Stage 3 = 75 per cent. or more pupils in the GM sector
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Table 2: Distribution of surplus between LEA and GM schools in stage 2 and 3 authorities (all, figures refer to the secondary sector unless otherwise indicated) LEA GM Total Surplus percentage Surplus percentage Surplus percentage Barnet 1,202 12 745 7 1,947 10 Bedfordshire 8,126 19 895 9 9,021 17 Berkshire 6,477 14 1,277 15 7,754 14 Bexley 1,871 15 134 4 2,005 12 Birmingham 9,796 17 1,534 9 11,330 15 Bolton 1,599 11 401 13 2,000 11 Bradford 6,683 14 231 5 6,914 13 Brent 395 12 1,988 17 2,383 16 Bromley 207 4 684 6 891 5 Buckinghamshire 2,744 10 487 5 3,231 8 Calderdale 1,606 19 615 9 2,221 14 Cambridgeshire 1,840 7 997 6 2,837 7 Camden 1,041 12 6 0 1,047 9 Croydon 991 10 725 11 1,716 11 Cumbria 3,881 16 2,288 18 6,169 17 Derbyshire 9,071 18 1,711 10 10,782 16 Dorset 3,154 10 810 8 3,964 9 Dudley 1,891 12 327 7 2,218 11 Ealing 784 10 272 4 1,056 7 Enfield 1,403 10 378 6 1,781 9 Essex - primary 15,754 13 2,060 9 17,814 12 Essex - secondary 6,918 19 11,090 14 18,008 16 Gloucestershire 1,511 12 1,906 8 3,417 10 Hammersmith 2,606 36 0 0 2,606 31 Hampshire 8,834 13 1,280 8 10,114 12 Havering 2,266 17 18 0 2,284 13 Hertfordshire 10,485 18 3,067 13 13,552 17 Hillingdon - primary 2,340 13 124 4 2,464 12 Hillingdon - secondary 560 22 776 6 1,336 9 Hounslow 372 3 63 3 435 3 Kensington 712 22 0 0 712 18 Kent 10,697 18 7,303 13 18,000 15 Kingston-upon-Thames 403 8 440 14 843 10 Lambeth 2,466 45 676 17 3,142 33 Lincolnshire - primary 6,761 14 673 10 7,434 13 Lincolnshire - secondary 3,131 13 1,733 10 4,864 12 Norflok 3,529 10 512 6 4,041 9 Northhamptonshire 4,462 12 961 9 5,423 11 Shropshire 4,820 18 127 3 4,947 17 Southwark 1,907 22 389 12 2,296 20 Surrey 4,122 12 1,285 10 5,407 11 Sutton 175 4 192 3 367 3 Tameside 1,709 14 28 1 1,737 12 Tafford 1,711 17 356 10 2,067 15 Walsall 2,673 16 892 14 3,565 16 Waltham Forest 1,697 15 40 2 1,737 13 Wandsworth 1,129 33 1,179 15 2,308 21 Warwickshire 5,368 21 1,239 21 6,607 21 Wiltshire 4,159 17 1,653 11 5,812 14 Wolverhampton 3,278 20 360 13 3,638 19 Notes:
(1) The GM column includes schools which became grant-maintained on or before 1 April 1994.
(2) LEA and GM percentage columns show the actual number of surplus places as a proportion of total capacity within that sector.