§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many(a) primary and (b) secondary schools there were in each local authority in England by 1 January; how many in each case had held ballots under section 61 of the Education Act 1988; how many ballots in each resulted in votes in favour of seeking grant-maintained status; and how many ballots in each case resulted in votes against seeking grant-maintained status.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe tables provide details of the number of maintained primary and secondary schools in each local education authority area and as at 1 January, the number of schools at which ballots under section 61 of the Education Reform Act 1988 have been held and the results of those ballots.
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Ballots on the question of grant-maintained status: Primary Schools LEA Schools Schools at which ballots held "Yes" votes "No" votes Avon 369 5 0 5 Barking 55 0 0 0 Barnet 89 5 2 3 Barnsley 96 1 1 0 Bedfordshire 218 3 3 0 Berkshire 275 10 7 3 Bexley 64 4 3 1 Birmingham 336 11 6 5 Bolton 105 1 1 0 Bradford 167 7 5 2 Brent 64 4 4 0 Bromley 78 7 6 1 Buckinghamshire 290 8 6 2 Bury 71 2 1 1 Calderdale 91 4 4 0 Cambridge 267 9 7 2 Camden 41 0 0 0 Cheshire 454 8 5 3 Cleveland 203 0 0 0 Cornwall 249 1 1 0 Corporation of London 1 0 0 0 Coventry 109 1 0 1 Croydon 98 3 3 0 Cumbria 306 22 18 5 Derbyshire 450 13 8 6 Devon 442 7 2 6 Doncaster 127 5 4 1 Dorset 200 2 1 1 Dudley 83 1 1 0 Durham 298 0 0 0 Ealing 92 4 4 0 East Sussex 219 0 0 0 Enfield 70 4 1 3 Essex 581 78 72 6 Gateshead 82 0 0 0 Gloucestershire 262 12 11 1 Greenwich 79 1 1 0 Hackney 70 1 1 0 Hammersmith 38 1 1 0
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LEA Schools Schools at which ballots held "Yes" votes "No votes Hampshire 580 18 18 2 Haringey 77 0 0 0 Harrow 54 0 0 0 Havering 74 0 0 0 Hereford and Worcester 288 2 0 2 Hertfordshire 432 13 10 3 Hillingdon 72 11 11 0 Hounslow 62 0 0 0 Humberside 354 5 3 2 Isle of Scilly 4 0 0 0 Isle of Wight 46 0 0 0 Islington 57 0 0 0 Kensington 27 2 2 0 Kent 570 24 22 2 Kingston 36 1 1 0 Kirklees 158 2 0 2 Knowsley 68 0 0 0 Lambeth 77 5 5 0 Lancashire 605 5 3 2 Leeds 249 3 1 2 Leicester 334 2 0 2 Lewisham 72 1 1 0 Lincolnshire 293 30 26 4 Liverpool 198 0 0 0 Manchester 174 0 0 0 Merton 49 1 0 1 Newcastle 82 1 0 1 Newham 67 0 0 0 Norfolk 397 19 15 4 North Tyne 61 2 1 1 North Yorkshire 394 2 0 2 Northamptonshire 270 13 10 3 Northumberland 143 0 0 0 Nottinghamshire 426 1 0 1 Oldham 104 0 0 0 Oxfordshire 241 1 1 0 Redbridge 56 0 0 0 Richmond 39 0 0 0 Rochdale 76 7 4 3 Rotherham 115 0 0 0 Salford 88 0 0 0 Sandwell 112 0 0 0 Sefton 94 0 0 0 Sheffield 164 17 15 2 Shropshire 214 3 3 0 Solihull 70 1 1 0 Somerset 229 5 3 2 South Tyneside 58 0 0 0 Southwark 75 5 5 0 St. Helens 72 1 1 0 Staffordshire 414 4 3 I Stockport 110 0 0 0 Suffolk 255 0 0 0 Sunderland 105 0 0 0 Surrey 372 21 19 2 Sutton 43 4 3 1 Tameside 82 1 0 1 Tower Hamlets 73 0 0 0 Trafford 78 0 0 0 Wakefield 130 2 2 0 Walsall 106 3 2 1 Waltham Forest 61 1 0 1 Wandsworth 72 5 3 2 Warwickshire 244 0 0 0 West Sussex 246 0 0 0 Westminster 42 0 0 0 Wigan 125 0 0 0 Wiltshire 294 17 14 3 Wirral 106 0 0 0 Wolverhampton 101 1 0 1 18,905 507 398 114
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Ballot on the question of grant-maintained status: Secondary Schools LEA Schools Schools at which ballots held "Yes" votes "No" votes Avon 60 4 2 2 Barking 8 0 0 0 Barnet 21 11 10 1 Barnsley 15 2 0 2 Bedfordshire 71 19 12 7 Berkshire 59 12 10 2 Bexley 17 6 5 1 Birmingham 79 24 17 7 Bolton 16 3 3 0 Bradford 88 8 6 2 Brent 13 12 11 2 Bromley 17 14 13 1 Buckinghamshire 45 11 10 1 Bury 14 0 0 0 Calderdale 16 8 7 1 Cambridge 44 23 17 8 Camden 11 3 2 1 Cheshire 68 10 4 7 Cleveland 44 3 0 3 Cornwall 31 0 0 0 Corporation of London 0 0 0 0 Coventry 19 0 0 0 Croydon 20 9 9 2 Cumbria 42 15 15 0 Derbyshire 61 24 14 10 Devon 64 9 6 3 Doncaster 34 1 0 1 Dorset 56 14 14 2 Dudley 22 9 7 2 Durham 43 1 0 1 Ealing 13 8 6 2 East Sussex 34 1 0 1 Enfield 17 6 5 1 Essex 105 73 72 4 Gateshead 13 1 0 1 Gloucestershire 43 32 29 6 Greenwich 15 1 0 1 Hackney 10 1 0 1 Hammersmith 10 1 1 0 Hampshire 94 22 18 4 Haringey 9 0 0 0 Harrow 10 2 1 1 Havering 19 7 4 3 Hereford and Worcester 76 8 5 3 Hertfordshire 88 29 26 5 Hillingdon 15 15 14 1 Hounslow 14 3 2 1 Humberside 60 4 0 4 Isles of Scilly 1 0 0 0 Isle of Wight 21 0 0 0 Islington 9 0 0 0 Kensington 4 1 1 0 Kent 136 71 69 4 Kingston 10 4 4 0 Kirklees 34 5 3 2 Knowsley 11 3 1 2 Lambeth 10 5 5 0 Lancashire 106 16 9 7 Leeds 46 1 1 0 Leicester 79 8 5 4 Lewisham 13 2 0 2 Lincolnshire 63 28 28 0 Liverpool 36 5 3 2 Manchester 28 1 0 1 Merton 11 1 0 1 Newcastle 22 1 0 1 Newham 14 1 1 0 Norfolk 52 16 12 4 North Tyne 26 3 2 1 North Yorkshire 59 2 0 2 Northamptonshire 65 19 14 6 Northumberland 61 3 1 2 Nottinghamshire 82 7 3 5 Oldham 15 1 0 1
LEA Schools Schools at which ballots held "Yes" votes "No" votes Oxfordshire 44 2 0 2 Redbridge 14 2 1 1 Richmond 8 0 0 0 Rochdale 14 3 1 2 Rotherham 18 0 0 0 Salford 18 4 1 3 Sandwell 20 4 2 3 Sefton 22 1 0 1 Sheffield 32 8 6 2 Shropshire 37 7 7 0 Solihull 13 2 1 1 Somerset 39 2 2 0 South Tyneside 11 0 0 0 Southwark 14 5 5 0 St. Helens 12 1 0 1 Staffordshire 85 10 5 5 Stockport 14 2 0 2 Suffolk 77 1 0 1 Sunderland 17 0 0 0 Surrey 51 14 14 0 Sutton 14 8 8 0 Tameside 18 5 3 2 Tower Hamlets 15 2 1 1 Trafford 16 6 4 2 Wakefield 38 0 0 0 Walsall 21 9 7 4 Waltham Forest 16 2 2 0 Wandsworth 10 8 7 1 Warwickshire 37 9 8 1 West Sussex 41 3 0 3 Westminster 8 1 0 1 Wigan 21 1 1 0 Wiltshire 44 22 16 7 Wirral 21 4 2 2 Wolverhampton 20 6 5 1 3,657 827 648 204 Footnotes to the tables: Column B 1. The figures for number of schools use data derived from the Index for Educational Establishments. Column C 2. The figures show total number of schools at which one or more ballots have been held. Columns D and E. 3. The totals are of definitive ballot results. In some cases, where the first ballot had a turnout of under 50 per cent., a second ballot was required to achieve such a result. 4. The combined totals of "Yes" and "No" may exceed the number of schools at which ballots have been held (Column C) because some schools have gone through the complete balloting process more than once, (as distinct from requiring a second ballot to achieve a definitive result). Column E 5. Includes two tied ballot results.