HC Deb 24 January 1994 vol 236 cc38-9W
Mr. Pawsey

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his answer of 11 January,Official Report, column 73, what is the total number of schools in each local education authority and the percentage thereof which have opted for grant-maintained status.

Mr. Robin Squire

The table shows total numbers of maintained schools and the numbers and percentages of schools operating with or approved for grant-maintained status in each local education authority area.

LEA Total Primary GM Primary Percentage GM Total Secondary GM Secondary Percentage GM
Liverpool 198 — 0.0 36 3 8.3
Manchester 174 — 0.0 28 — 0.0
Merton 49 — 0.0 11 — 0.0
Newcastle 82 — 0.0 22 — 0.0
Newham 67 — 0.0 14 1 7.1
Norfolk 397 13 3.3 52 12 23.1
North Tyneside 61 — 0.0 26 — 0.0
North Yorkshire 394 — 0.0 59 — 0.0
Northamptonshire 270 9 3.3 65 12 18.5
Northumberland 143 — 0.0 61 1 1.6
Nottinghamshire 426 — 0.0 82 3 3.7
Oldham 104 — 0.0 15 — 0.0
Oxfordshire 241 1 0.4 44 — 0.0
Redbridge 56 — 0.0 14 1 7.1
Richmond 39 — 0.0 8 — 0.0
Rochdale 76 3 3.9 14 1 7.1
Rotherham 115 — 0.0 18 — 0.0
Salford 88 — 0.0 18 1 5.6
Sandwell 112 — 0.0 20 1 5.0
Sefton 94 — 0.0 22 — 0.0
Sheffield 164 4 2.4 32 2 6.3
Shropshire 214 1 0.5 37 5 13.5
Solihull 70 1 1.4 13 — 0.0
Somerset 229 2 0.9 39 1 2.6
South Tyneside 58 — 0.0 11 — 0.0
Southwark 75 4 5.3 14 5 35.7
St Helens 72 — 0.0 12 — 0.0
Staffordshire 414 2 0.5 85 5 5.9
Stockport 110 — 0.0 14 — 0.0
Suffolk 255 — 0.0 77 — 0.0
Sunderland 105 — 0.0 17 — 0.0
Surrey 372 11 3.0 51 13 25.5
Sutton 43 3 7.0 14 8 57.1
Tameside 82 — 0.0 18 3 16.7
Tower Hamlets 73 — 0.0 15 1 6.7
Trafford 78 — 0.0 16 4 25.0
Wakefield 130 — 0.0 38 — 0.0
Walsall 106 2 1.9 21 6 28.6
Waltham Forest 61 — 0.0 16 2 12.5
Wandsworth 72 2 2.8 10 6 60.0
Warwickshire 244 — 0.0 37 8 21.6
West Sussex 246 — 0.0 41 — 0.0
Westminster 42 — 0.0 8 — 0.0
Wigan 125 — 0.0 21 — 0.0
Wiltshire 294 9 3.1 44 13 29.5
Wirral 106 — 0.0 21 2 9.5
Wolverhampton 101 — 0.0 20 3 15.0
TOTALS 18,905 295 1.6 3,657 561 15.3

Note: Numbers and percentages of operating and approved GM schools are as at 20 January 1994.