HC Deb 28 February 1995 vol 255 c523W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the total number of(a) voluntary controlled, (b) voluntary aided, (c) county and (d) special agreement schools in each year from 1992 to 1995.

Mr. Robin Squire

The number of voluntary schools and county schools in England in the years 1992 to 1994, the latest date for which information is available, are shown in the table.

Voluntary and County Schools1 in England 1992–1994 Position in January each year
1992 1992 1994
Voluntary schools
Controlled 2,998 2,968 2,909
Aided 4,221 4,174 4,032
Special agreement 67 64 54
County Schools 15,230 14,942 14,503
1 Excluding sixth form colleges which ceased to be classified as schools in April 1993.

Enforcement of School Attendance
Education Welfare Officers1 School Attendance Orders2 Education Supervision Orders2 Prosecutions2
LEA Total FTE 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94
Avon 61 56.0 0 0 0 2 12 8 27 19 14
Barking and Dagenham 11 11.0 0 0 0 1 3 2 50 62 35
Barnet 12 12.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 4 6
Barnsley 17 17.0 3 0 0 0 6 0 13 16 26
Bedfordshire 32 32.0 0 0 0 1 3 2 36 39 74
Berkshire 31 31.0 0 0 2 2 6 1 68 22 56
Bexley 7 7.0 0 0 0 0 4 2 24 19 21
Birmingham 89 86.0 0 0 1 0 0 1 48 67 54
Bolton 22 19.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 12 15
Bradford 37 31.5 1 0 0 2 4 0 91 32 78
Brent 19 19.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 6 16
Bromley 11 11.0 0 0 1 1 1 0 33 33 27
Buckinghamshire 29 28.5 1 3 1 1 2 2 10 52 65
Bury 8 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 20 33
Calderdale 14 14.0 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 4 6
Cambridgeshire 28 26.6 2 1 3 2 3 6 28 24 18
Camden 17 16.7 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 6
Cheshire 32 32.0 0 0 0 0 4 6 12 24 58
Cleveland 47 45.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 3
Cornwall 15 15.0 0 0 0 1 1 1 14 19 22
Coventry 19 19.0 0 1 0 0 0 1 38 16 11
Croydon 16 16.0 0 0 1 2 1 4 21 29 47
Cumbria 39 36.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 11
Derbyshire 46 41.5 0 0 0 1 4 3 43 45 40
Devon 32 31.0 0 0 1 0 0 1 22 28 38
Doncaster 27 24.0 0 0 0 1 1 1 12 12 5
Dorset 30 28.0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Dudley 10 10.0 1 0 0 1 0 4 5 5 14
Durham 38 38.0 0 0 0 0 6 5 9 21 33
Ealing 20 18.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 83 81
East Sussex 21 12.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 37 12 22
Enfield 19 16.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 3
Essex 79 75.5 0 0 0 0 4 11 51 64 105