§ Lord Shaw of Northsteadasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish the results of the recent "access audit" on mainstream schools.
§ The Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment (Lord Henley)Nationally, some 46 per cent. of primary and secondary schools have wheelchair access to over 50 per cent. of teaching accommodation. The following table shows the proportion of schools in each local education authority which do so. This information will be useful to local education authorities and schools in assessing where there is a particular need for greater access for disabled pupils. A more detailed analysis of the data collected will be placed in the Library.
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LEA Total number of schools Number with over 50% access to teaching accommodation Percentage with over 50% access to teaching accommodation Tower Hamlets 89 31 35 Wandsworth 67 15 22 Westminster 49 8 16 Barking 63 41 65 Barnet 108 16 15 Bexley 77 31 40 Brent 69 20 29 Bromley 95 16 17 Croydon 115 50 43 Ealing 74 5 7 Enfield 82 17 21 Haringey 85 4 5 Harrow 63 19 30 Havering 89 35 39 Hillingdon 86 38 44 Hounslow 76 46 61 Kingston upon Thames 45 19 42 Merton 60 20 33 Newham 79 28 35 Redbridge 68 3 4 Richmond upon Thames 47 6 13 Sutton 54 22 41 Waltham Forest 78 45 58 Birmingham 405 141 35 Coventry 108 56 52 Dudley 104 54 52 Sandwell 130 44 34 Solihull 82 49 60 Walsall 121 58 48 Wolverhampton 118 53 45 Knowsley 74 19 26 Liverpool 208 6 3 St. Helens 78 49 63 Sefton 115 56 49 Wirral 125 73 58 Bolton 120 60 50 Bury 84 41 49 Manchester 199 79 40 Oldham 117 77 66 Rochdale 84 45 54 Salford 105 21 20 Stockport 123 69 56 Tameside 98 50 51 Trafford 94 54 57 Wigan 142 99 70 Barnsley 106 40 38 Doncaster 144 102 71 Rotherham 132 36 27 Sheffield 169 60 36 Bradford 244 87 36 Calderdale 100 59 59 Kirklees 188 90 48 Leeds 291 122 42 Wakefield 160 93 58 Gateshead 93 42 45 Newcastle upon Tyne 100 41 41 North Tyneside 80 44 55 South Tyneside 69 40 58 Sunderland 117 51 44 Isle of Scilly 5 0 0 Avon 425 190 45 Bedfordshire 286 175 61 Berkshire 324 166 51 Buckinghamshire 322 138 43 Cambridgeshire 303 182 60 Cheshire 495 218 44 Cleveland 245 109 44 Cornwall 278 156 56 Cumbria 318 133 42 Derbyshire 501 275 55 Devon 495 188 38 Dorset 252 144 57 118WA
LEA Total number of schools Number with over 50% access to teaching accommodation Percentage with over 50% access to teaching accommodation Durham 338 173 51 East Sussex 253 100 40 Essex 681 385 57 Gloucestershire 299 72 24 Hampshire 646 292 45 Hereford and Worcester 357 239 67 Hertfordshire 505 186 37 Humberside 409 220 54 Isle of Wight 67 45 67 Kent 672 268 40 Lancashire 693 428 62 Leicestershire 406 210 52 Lincolnshire 353 215 61 Norfolk 428 265 62 North Yorkshire 450 226 50 Northamptonshire 322 192 60 Northumberland 204 136 67 Nottinghamshire 503 324 64 Oxfordshire 280 159 57 Shropshire 244 48 20 Somerset 261 70 27 Staffordshire 486 74 15 Suffolk 333 241 72 Surrey 366 75 20 Warwickshire 271 157 58 West Sussex 287 172 60 Wiltshire 322 186 58 Total/Average 21,746 10,052 46