§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Education in which local education authority areas grant-maintained schools now educate(a) more than 10 per cent. but less than 75 per cent. of primary or secondary pupils, (b) more than 75 per cent. of primary or secondary pupils and (c) less than 10 per cent. of primary or secondary pupils; and if he will give the current percentage figures for each area.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe estimated proportions of maintained school pupils attending self-governing—grant-maintained—schools in each local education authority area in January 1994 are as follows.
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Table A Percentage of primary pupils in self-governing schools by local education authority area Per cent. i. 10 per cent, to 74 per cent. Essex 11.6 Hillingdon 13.3 611W
Per cent. Lincolnshire 11.4 ii. Less than 10 per cent. Avon 0.0 Barking 0.0 Barnet 3.3 Barnsley 0.0 Bedfordshire 1.5 Berkshire 3.7 Bexley 2.4 Birmingham 0.4 Bolton 1.3 Bradford 0.5 Brent 2.2 Bromley 4.6 Buckinghamshire 3.5 Bury 1.3 Calderdale 0.4 Cambrideshire 3.3 Camden 0.0 Cheshire 0.5 Cleveland 0.0 Cornwall 0.0 Corporation of London 0.0 Coventry 0.0 Croydon 3.2 Cumbria 3.8 Derbyshire 2.0 Devon 0.4 Doncaster 0.0 Dorset 0.9 Dudley 1.4 Durham 0.0 Ealing 4.4 East Sussex 0.0 Enfield 0.6 Gateshead 0.0 Gloucestershire 3.2 Greenwich 0.0 Hackney 0.0 Hammersmith and Fulham 0.0 Hampshire 3.0 Haringey 0.0 Harrow 0.0 Havering 0.0 Hereford and Worcester 0.0 Hertfordshire 1.0 Hounslow 0.0 Humberside 0.3 Isle of Wight 0.0 Isles of Scilly 0.0 Islington 0.0 Kensington and Chelsea 5.2 Kent 3.3 Kingston-upon-Thames 1.8 Kirklees 0.0 Knowsley 0.0 Lambeth 6.6 Lancashire 0.2 Leeds 0.1 Leicestershire 0.0 Lewisham 1.8 Liverpool 0.0 Manchester 0.0 Merton 0.0 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 0.0 Newham 0.0 Norfolk 4.0 North Tyneside 0.0 North Yorkshire 0.0 Northamptonshire 6.1 Northumberland 0.0 Nottinghamshire 0.0 Oldham 0.0 Oxfordshire 0.2 Redbridge 0.0 Richmond-upon-Thames 0.0 Rochdale 4.0
Per cent. Rotherham 0.0 Salford 0.0 Sandwell 0.0 Sefton 0.0 Sheffield 1.2 Shropshire 0.9 Solihull 2.3 Somerset 0.7 South Tyneside 0.0 Southwark 5.2 St. Helens 0.0 Staffordshire 0.0 Stockport 0.0 Suffolk 0.0 Sunderland 0.0 Surrey 2.4 Sutton 6.2 Tameside 0.0 Tower Hamlets 0.0 Trafford 0.0 Wakefield 0.0 Walsall 2.0 Waltham Forest 0.0 Wandsworth 3.0 Warwickshire 0.0 West Sussex 0.0 Westminster 0.0 Wigan 0.0 Wiltshire 3.3 Wirral 0.0 Wolverhampton 0.0 612W
Table B Percentage of secondary pupils in self-governing schools by local education authority area Percentage i. 75 per cent, and above Hillingdon 83.6 ii. 10 per cent, to 74 per cent. Barnet 48.6 Bedfordshire 19.6 Berkshire 16.0 Bexley 19.6 Birmingham 21.8 Bolton 16.6 Bradford 11.1 Brent 65.8 Bromley 63.4 Buckinghamshire 25.3 Calderdale 34.1 Cambridgeshire 37.5 Camden 22.3 Croydon 25.5 Cumbria 26.0 Derbyshire 26.8 Dorset 21.8 Dudley 25.4 Ealing 44.6 Enfield 32.1 Essex 63.6 Gloucestershire 60.8 Hammersmith and Fulham 20.6 Hampshire 19.2 Havering 25.7 Hertfordshire 26.6 Hounslow 15.0 Kensington and Chelsea 19.6 Kent 45.6 Kingston-upon-Thames 37.6 Lambeth 53.0 Lincolnshire 44.2 Norfolk 21.4 Northamptonshire 20.7 Shropshire 14.3 613W
Percentage Southwark 30.3 Surrey 25.5 Sutton 59.6 Tameside 18.1 Trafford 25.4 Walsall 29.0 Waltham Forest 17.3 Wandsworth 72.8 Warwickshire 16.6 Wiltshire 32.4 Wolverhampton 14.9 iii. Less than 10 per cent. Avon 2.9 Barking 0.0 Barnsley 0.0 Bury 0.0 Cheshire 3.8 Cleveland 0.0 Cornwall 0.0 Corporation of London 0.0 Coventry 0.0 Devon 80. Doncaster 0.0 Durham 0.0 East Sussex 0.0 Gateshead 0.0 Greenwich 0.0 Hackney 0.0 Haringey 0.0 Harrow 6.1 Hereford and Worcester 7.6 Humberside 0.0 Isle of Wight 0.0 Isles of Scilly 0.0 Islington 0.0 Kirklees 5.1 Knowsley 8.0 Lancashire 8.0 Leeds 2.6 Leicestershire 5.5 Lewisham 0.0 Liverpool 7.6 Manchester 0.0 Merton 0.0 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 0.0 Newham 4.1 North Tyneside 0.0 North Yorkshire 0.0 Northumberland 2.2 Nottinghamshire 2.9 Oldham 0.0 Oxfordshire 0.0 Redbridge 7.4 Richmond-upon-Thames 0.0 Rochdale 8.3 Rotherham 0.0 Salford 3.6 Sandwell 3.7 Sefton 0.0 Sheffield 7.1 Solihull 0.0 Somerset 1.4 South Tyneside 0.0 St. Helens 0.0 Staffordshire 6.3 Stockport 0.0 Suffolk 0.0 Sunderland 0.0 Tower Hamlets 7.8 Wakefield 0.0 West Sussex 0.0 Westminster 0.0 Wigan 0.0 Wirral 9.8 Footnotes to tables: 1. The percentages in the tables are based on provisional date derived from the DFE's January 1993 schools census.
2. The self-governing schools included in these calculations are those operating by 5 January 1994.
§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what materials have been distributed to schools during the last year to promote grant-maintained status; and what is the cost of the preparation, production and distribution of this material.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe Department has not distributed any materials promoting grant-maintained status. It does, however, provide booklets containing factual information to help parents and governors make informed decisions about whether grant-maintained status is right for their schools and to tell them how to acquire it. A total of 2.9 million such booklets have been distributed over the last five years, mainly to schools. Expenditure on these in the first nine months of this financial year included £164,000 for production and £8,000 for their distribution. The identification of all preparation costs would entail disproportionate expense.