§ Mrs. GormanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what is(a) the number of places, (b) the
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Net surplus places in secondary schools by local authority area (excluding GM schools in stage 1 authorities—see note 1) January 1994 LEA maintained schools Self governing (GM) schools (see note 2) Number of places Number on roll Percentage excess (see note 3) Number of places Number on roll Percentage excess (see note 3) LEA Avon1 63,459 52,708 17 — — — Barking 9,390 9,756 -4 — — — Barnet 9,917 8,885 10 10,351 9,905 4 Barnsley 15,280 12,730 17 — — — Bedfordshire 43,641 35,859 18 9,493 8,852 7 Berkshire 45,556 39,596 13 8,653 7,409 14 Bexley 12,522 10,860 13 3,691 3,655 1 Birmingham 58,380 49,551 15 16,521 15,177 8 Bolton 14,931 14,228 5 3,036 2,803 8 Bradford 46,291 40,988 11 5,005 5,286 -6 Brent 3,329 2,983 10 11,664 9,705 17 Bromley 5,610 5,584 0 11,957 11,553 3 Buckinghamshire 28,608 26,989 6 10,218 10,174 0 Bury 10,687 10,333 3 — — — Calderdale 8,449 6,846 19 7,124 6,543 8 Cambridgeshire 27,112 25,630 5 16,055 15,274 5 Camden 8,810 8,276 6 2,309 2,381 -3 Cheshire1 67,671 61,091 10 — — — Cleveland 44,670 36,437 18 — — — Cornwall 30,810 28,977 6 — — — Corporation of London 0 0 — — — — Coventry 23,232 19,013 18 — — — Croydon 9,654 9,002 7 6,320 5,907 7 Cumbria 23,982 20,311 15 13,042 10,873 17 Derbyshire 50,432 42,062 17 16,348 15,485 5 Devon1 57,357 54,127 6 — — — Doncaster 28,134 21,869 22 — — — Dorset 32,932 31,294 5 10,554 9,947 6 Dudley 15,274 13,456 12 4,846 4,669 4 Durham 45,675 37,708 17 — — — Ealing 8.081 7,368 9 6,228 6,111 2 East Sussex 37,232 34,348 8 — — — Enfield 13,616 12,214 10 5,891 5,634 4 Essex 35,532 28,787 19 77,500 67,108 13 Gateshead 14,223 11,751 17 — — — Gloucestershire 12,463 11,239 10 23,285 22,150 5 Greenwich 16,730 13,980 16 — — — Hackney 9,408 7,445 21 — — — Hammersmith 7,248 4,648 36 1,178 1,237 -5 Hampshire 70,357 62,950 11 16,692 16,249 3 Haringey 10,718 9,222 14 — — — Harrow1 7,650 7,792 -2 — — — Havering 13,280 11,015 17 3,642 3,880 -7 Hereford and Worcester1 51,305 43,833 15 — — — Hertfordshire 57,405 47,368 17 23,557 20,979 11 Hillingdon 2,596 2,127 18 12,369 11,988 3 Hounslow 12,011 12,403 -3 2,108 2,123 -1 Humberside 66,592 56.111 16 — — — Isle of Wight 11,168 10,498 6 — — — Isles of Scilly 345 122 65 — — — Islington 8,855 7,215 19 — — — number of pupils and (c) the percentage excess or shortage of places in (i) local education authority maintained and (ii) grant-maintained secondary schools in each local education authority in England.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe information is given in the table. Data on surplus places in the 286 grant-maintained schools in stage 1 authorities are not available. I refer my hon. Friend to the reply that I gave the Member for St. Ives (Mr. Harris) on Friday 9 December 1994,Official Report, columns 410–14 which gave for each local education authority the total number of unfilled places in schools where the number of places is greater than the number of pupils.
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Net surplus places in secondary schools by local authority area (excluding GM schools in stage 1 authorities—see note 1) January 1994 LEA maintained schools Self governing (GM) schools (see note 2) Number of places Number on roll Percentage excess (see note 3) Number of places Number on roll Percentage excess (see note 3) Kensington 3,253 2,541 22 614 621 -1 Kent 60,419 50,126 17 58,380 52,118 11 Kingston upon Thames 5,094 4,886 4 3,214 2,901 10 Kirklees1 26,642 23,608 11 — — — Knowsley1 9,986 8,365 16 — — — Lambeth 5,464 2,998 45 3,984 3,308 17 Lancashire1 87,983 77,417 12 — — — Leeds1 48,110 42,450 12 — — — Leicestershire1 65,946 56,693 14 — — — Lewisham 11,924 10,888 9 — — — Lincolnshire 23,892 21,206 11 17,736 16,635 6 Liverpool1 35,422 28,190 20 — — — Manchester 33,733 21,685 36 — — — Merton 8,674 7,313 16 — — — Newcastle upon Tyne 21,301 16,898 21 — — — Newham1 16,144 13,485 16 — — — Norfolk 35,198 32,032 9 9,067 8,802 3 North Tyneside1 17,204 14,122 18 — — — North Yorkshire 49,566 44,040 11 — — — Northamptonshire 38,639 35,524 8 10,134 9,386 7 Northumberland1 31,320 28,769 8 — — — Nottinghamshire1 81,573 61,931 24 — — — Oldham 17,200 16,330 5 — — — Oxfordshire 41,833 35,144 16 — — — Redbridge1 14,057 14,237 -1 — — — Richmond upon Thames 7,710 7,622 1 — — — Rochdale1 14,105 11,854 16 — — — Rotherham 20,884 18,187 13 — — — Salford1 14,509 11,209 23 — — — Sandwell1 20,988 17,765 15 — — — Sefton 22,335 19,030 15 — — — Sheffield1 30,348 25,045 17 — — — Shropshire 26,102 21,522 18 3,703 3,701 0 Solihull 13,948 13,506 3 — — — Somerset1 30,803 27,654 10 — — — South Tyneside 11,504 9,570 17 — — — Southwark 8,505 6,598 22 3,175 2,786 12 St. Helens 13,880 11,759 15 — — — Staffordshire1 67,215 65,023 3 — — — Stockport 17,812 16,020 10 — — — Suffolk 53,590 48,024 10 — — — Sunderland 21,729 19,436 11 — — — Surrey 35,138 34,015 3 12,529 11,390 9 Sutton 4,443 4,660 -5 6,705 6,699 0 Tameside 12,346 11,001 11 2,171 2,371 -9 Tower Hamlets1 13,080 10,985 16 — — — Trafford 10,272 8,864 14 3,402 3,083 9 Wakefield 24,623 20,077 18 — — — Walsall 16,297 13,738 16 6,567 5,768 12 Waltham Forest 11,097 9,407 15 2,078 2,099 -1 Wandsworth 3,464 2,335 33 7,785 6,606 15 Warwickshire 25,580 20,304 21 5,993 4,483 20 West Sussex 45,558 39,952 12 — — — Westminster 7,911 7,464 6 — — — Wigan 21,604 19,523 10 — — — Wiltshire 24,811 20,787 16 15,353 13,700 11 Wirral1 22,818 19,052 17 — — — Wolverhampton 16,640 13,597 18 2,747 2,404 12 1 Stage 1 LEAs which have one or more GM secondary schools 1. Stage 1 = less than 10% of pupils in the GM sector
2. The GM columns include schools which became grant-maintained on or before 1 April 1994.
3. A negative figure indicates a net shortage of places.