HC Deb 01 July 1994 vol 245 cc744-5W
Mr. Robert Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many primary schools there are of fewer than 20 pupils in each of the English county authorities.

Mr. Robin Squire

The number of maintained primary schools with fewer than 20 pupils in each of the non-metropolitan counties in England in January 1993 is shown in the table.

Maintained primary schools with less than 20 pupils in non-metropolitan counties in England in January 1993
LEA Number
Avon 1
Bedfordshire 1
Berkshire 0
Buckinghamshire 2
Cambridgeshire 0
Cheshire 0
Cleveland 0
Cornwall 3
Cumbria 1
Derbyshire 3
Devon 3
Dorset 0
Durham 0

LEA Number
East Sussex 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 0
Hereford and Worcester 0
Hertfordshire 0
Humberside 0
Isle of Wight 0
Isles of Scilly 2
Kent 0
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
Norfolk 5
North Yorkshire 5
Northamptonshire 1
Northumberland 9
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 1
Shropshire 3
Somerset 0
Staffordshire 2
Suffolk 1
Surrey 2
Warwickshire 0
West Sussex 0
Wiltshire 1

Mr. Robert Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many primary schools of fewer than 20 pupils were judged to have failed to meet educational standards in inspections during 1993.

Mr. Robin Squire

This is a matter for Her Majesty's chief inspector of schools, who heads the indpendent Office for Standards in Education. I have asked Professor Sutherland to write the hon. Member.