§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many children in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have been awarded an assisted place since 1990; what is the cost for each year since 1990; and how much is proposed to be spent on the assisted places scheme for the years 1996–97 and 1997–98. [40591]
§ Mrs. GillanThe number of children awarded assisted places in England in each academic year from 1990–91 to 1995–96, and the total cost of the scheme for each financial year, are given in the following table. Present spending plans for the financial years 1996–97 and 1997–98 are £117 million and £139 million respectively. Questions on the assisted places scheme in Scotland and984W Wales are matters for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and for Wales. There is no assisted places scheme in Northern Ireland.
Assisted places scheme Year Number of first year assisted places taken up Total cost (£ million) 1990–91 4,948 63.4 1991–92 5,602 75.8 1992–93 5,815 92.9 1993–94 5,775 92.3 1994–95 5,813 101.5 1995–96 5,744 104.8
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list in descending order the fees charged by schools participating in the assisted places scheme in the last academic year; indicating the average fee charged. [40584]
§ Mrs. GillanThe average fee charged for assisted pupils in England in the academic year 1995–96 was £4,346. The average fee charged by each school participating in the scheme is given in the following table.
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Assisted places scheme: academic year 1995–96 Average fee charged for APs1 School name £ Charterhouse, Nr Godalming 9,543 Bradfield College, Reading 8,696 Winchester College 8,635 Canford School, Wimborne 8,341 Bedales School, Petersfield 8,259 Hurstpierpoint College, Hassocks 7,934 Felsted School, Dunmow 7,903 Stowe School Nr Buckingham 7,867 Leighton Park School, Reading 7,787 Tonbridge School 7,779 Repton School, Nr Derby 7,767 Aldenham School, Elstree 7,757 Wellington College, Berkshire 7,647 Gresham's School, Norfolk 7,644 Ardingly College, Haywards Heath 7,595 Sedbergh School 7,556 Malvern College 7,501 Carmel College, Wallingford 7,423 Wycliffe College, Stonehouse 7,413 Leys School, Cambridge 7,370 Cranleigh School 7,192 Downe House School, Newbury 7,118 Monkton Combe School, Bath 7,091 Haileybury and Imperial Service College 7,025 Westminster School 6,990 Cheltenham Ladies' College 6,964 Clifton College, Bristol 6,959 Bishop's Stortford College 6,928 Bloxham School. Banbury 6,905 Pangbourne College, Reading 6,859 Stonyhurst College, Nr Blackburn 6,754 Rendcombe College, Cirencester 6,693 King's School, Bruton 6,666 Mill Hill School 6,626 St. Paul's School, Barnes 6,593 Christ's Hospital 6,564 Lord Wandsworth College, Basingstoke 6,552 St. Mary and St. Anne 6,552 Epsom College 6,551 986W
Assisted places scheme: academic year 1995–96 Average fee charged for APs1 School name £ St. John's School, Leatherhead 6,535 Sutton Valence School, Nr Maidstone 6,422 Brighton College 6,401 St. Bees School, Cumbria 6,323 Durham School 6,221 Denstone College, Uttoxeter 6,207 Sevenoaks School, Kent 6,196 St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate 6,150 Ellesmere College 6,147 Reed's School, Cobham 6,147 St. Swithun's School, Winchester 6,128 Chigwell School 6,114 Merchant Taylors', Northwood 6,073 Taunton School 6,056 Dulwich College 6,042 St. George's College, Weybridge 6,037 Highgate School 6,003 Bedford School 5,982 University College School, London NW3 5,954 Dauntsey's School, Devizes 5,921 Oakham School, Rutland 5,919 Berkhamsted School 5,917 Godolphin School, Salisbury 5,887 King's College School, Wimbledon 5,885 Framlingham College 5,870 Friend's School, Saffron Walden 5,799 Wrekin College 5,776 King's School, Rochester 5,721 Mount School, York 5,712 Dover College 5,683 Culford School, Bury St. Edmunds 5,623 St. Felix School, Southwold 5,619 St. Paul's Girls School, Hammersmith 5,598 Bootham School, York 5,591 St. Peter's School, York 5,563 Worksop College, Nottingham 5,547 Trent College, Derbyshire 5,527 Alleyn's School, Dulwich 5,513 King Edward's School, Witley 5,505 City of London Freeman's School, Ashtead 5,497 Harrogate Ladies' College 5,486 City of London School 5,469 St. Mary's Hall, Brighton 5,458 Rossall School, Fleetwood 5,453 Royal Grammar School, Guildford 5,391 Queen's College Taunton 5,343 James Allen's Girls School 5,304 Bromsgrove School, Worcestershire 5,275 St. Catherine's School, Bramley 5,260 Godolphin and Latymer School, London W6 5,250 Giggleswick School, Settle 5,220 Woodbridge School, Suffolk 5,218 St. Edmund's College, Ware 5,210 Walthamstow Hall, Sevenoaks 5,157 Casterton School, Cumbria 5,146 Mount St. Mary's College, Nr Sheffield 5,105 Wellingborough School 5,101 Silcoates School 5,097 Haberdashers' Aske's School 5,094 Colston's Collegiate School, Bristol 5,086 Douai School, Reading 5,068 Kent College, Canterbury 5,067 Whitgift School, Croydon 5,017 Wells Cathedral School 5,014 Burgess Hill School for Girls 5,008 Caterham School 5,007 Queen's College, London W1 5,001 Kingswood School, Bath 4,995 Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire 4,981 Berkhamsted School for Girls 4,937 King's School, Worcester 4,883 987W
Assisted places scheme: academic year 1995–96 Average fee charged for APs1 School name £ Ashford School, Kent 4,878 Trinity School of John Whitgift, Croydon 4,875 Eltham College, London SE9 4,870 St. Margaret's School, Bushey 4,861 City of London School for Girls 4,838 John Lyon School, Harrow 4,808 Edgehill College, Bideford 4,789 Scarborough College 4,784 Churcher's College, Petersfield 4,740 Brentwood School 4,725 Ursuline Convent School, Kent 4,677 Kimbolton School, Cambridge 4,656 Ashville School 4,645 Ipswich School 4,611 Laxton School 4,606 St. Albans School 4,605 Guildford High School for Girls 4,586 Kingston Grammar School 4,580 Latymer Upper School, London W6 4,576 Holy Child School 4,575 St. Benedict's School, Ealing 4,572 Abingdon School 4,560 Woodhouse Grove School, Bradford 4,542 Bancroft's School, Woodford 4,524 Francis Holland School, London NW1 4,503 Bedford High School 4,485 St. Helen's School, Northwood 4,485 Forest School, London E17 4,483 West Buckland School, Barnstaple 4,476 Pocklington School, Nr York 4,469 Emanuel School, London SW11 4,438 Prior Park College, Bath 4,416 North London Collegiate School, Edgware 4,386 Edgbaston C of E College for Girls 4,377 Magdalen College School, Oxford 4,376 Surbiton High School 4,368 Lady Eleanor Holies School, Hampton 4,365 Tormead School, Guildford 4,365 Yarm School 4,362 Wisbech Grammar School 4,355 Hampton School 4,326 St. Dunstan's College, Catford 4,323 Barnard Castle School 4,314 Colfe's School, London SE12 4,313 St. Albans High School for Girls 4,266 Reigate Grammar School 4,264 Hereford Cathedral School 4,263 Perse School for Boys, Cambridge 4,233 Royal Grammar School, Worcester 4,230 King Edward's School, Birmingham 4,218 Wolverhampton Grammar School 4,212 Headington School, Oxford 4,210 Ackworth School, Pontefract 4,206 Derby High School 4,205 King Edward VI School, Southampton 4,200 Talbot Heath School, Bournemouth 4,194 St. Maurs Convent, Weybridge 4,174 Warwick School 4,164 Bolton School (Boys) 4,155 Bolton School (Girls) 4,155 Alice Ottley School, Worcester 4,152 Truro School 4,142 Bedford Modern School 4,140 Plymouth College 4,113 Famborough Hill School 4,111 Wellington School, Somerset 4,103 Liverpool College 4,088 Clifton High School, Bristol 4,061 Solihull School 4,060 Norwich School 4,059 Ryde School 4,059 988W
Assisted places scheme: academic year 1995–96 Average fee charged for APs1 School name £ Austin Friars School 4,026 King's School, Macclesfield 4,026 Croham Hurst School, Croydon 4,019 Ursuline High School, Ilford 3,999 Polam Hall School, Darlington 3,976 Nottingham High School 3,970 Northampton High School 3,942 Stafford Independent Grammar School 3,936 Kingsley School 3,927 South Hampstead High School GPDST 3,914 Croydon High School GPDST 3,912 William Hulme Grammar School 3,912 Blackheath High School GPDST 3,909 Bromley High School GPDST 3,909 Heathfield School GPDST 3,909 Notting Hill and Ealing High GPDST 3,909 Putney High School GPDST 3,909 Streatham Hill and Clapham High GPDST 3,909 Sutton High School GPDST 3,909 Sydenham High School GPDST 3,909 Wimbledon High School GPDST 3,909 Bristol Cathedral School 3,897 Dame Alice Harpur School 3,891 Exeter School 3,887 St. Joseph's College, Ipswich 3,885 Leeds Girls High School 3,879 Cheadle Hulme School 3,870 Stamford High School 3,849 King Edward's School at Bath 3,846 Loughborough Grammar 3,846 Stamford School 3,846 Queen Elizabeth Hospital School, Bristol 3,843 King Edward VI High School, Birmingham 3,840 Leeds Grammar School 3,813 Manchester Grammar School 3,805 Portsmouth Grammar School 3,788 Bradford Girls Grammar 3,787 Stockport Grammar School 3,771 King's School, Chester 3,768 Old Palace School, Croydon 3,765 Maynard School, Exeter 3,764 Perse School for Girls 3,756 Red Maids' School, Bristol 3,750 St. Bede's College, Manchester 3,738 Marist Convent Senior School, Ascot 3,725 St. Joseph's Convent, Reading 3,725 Truro High School 3,714 Bradford Grammar School 3,711 Abbey School, Reading 3,699 Queen Elizabeth Grammar, Wakefield 3,699 Wakefield High School 3,699 Bristol Grammar School 3,697 Redland High School, Bristol 3,687 St. Helen and St. Katherine, Abingdon 3,687 La Sagesse Convent School, Newcastle 3,683 Manchester High School 3,672 Queen Elizabeth Grammar, Blackburn 3,672 St. Mary's School, Cambridge 3,618 King's High School for Girls, Warwick 3,610 Sir William Perkins's School, Chertsey 3,583 St. Margaret's School, Exeter 3,575 Haberdashers' Aske's Schools for Girls 3,570 St. Mary's College, Crosby 3,526 Hulme Grammar, Boys, Oldham 3,510 Hulme Grammar, Girls, Oldham 3,510 Merchant Taylors' Girls, Liverpool 3,504 Merchant Taylors', Liverpool 3,503 Portsmouth High School GPDST 3,498 Arnold School, Blackpool 3,489 Bath High School GPDST 3,489 Belvedere School GPDST Liverpool 3,489
Assisted places scheme: academic year 1995–96 Average fee charged for APs1 School name £ Birkenhead High School GPDST 3,489 Brighton and Hove High School GPDST 3,489 Central Newcastle High School GPDST 3,489 Ipswich High School GPDST 3,489 Norwich High School GPDST 3,489 Nottingham Girls High School GPDST 3,489 Oxford High School GPDST 3,489 Sheffield High School GPDST 3,489 Shrewsbury High School GPDST 3,489 Loughborough High School 3,483 Colston's Girls School 3,468 Leicester Grammar School 3,462 Withington Girls School, Manchester 3,441 St. John's College, Southsea 3,425 Royal Grammar School, Newcastle 3,414 Bruton School for Girls 3,399 Coventry School, Bablake 3,399 Coventry School, King Henry VIII 3,399 King's School, Tynemouth 3,396 Westholme School, Blackburn 3,393 Newcastle Upon Tyne Church High School 3,389 St. Edward's College, Liverpool 3,389 Dame Allan's Boys School, Newcastle 3,384 Dame Allan's Girls School 3,384 Queen's School, Chester 3,375 Hymers College, Hull 3,373 Teesside High School 3,364 Kirkham Grammar School 3,337 Birkenhead School 3,333 Bury Grammar School (Boys) 3,300 Bury Grammar School (Girls) 3,300 Batley Grammar School 3,273 Newcastle Under Lyme School, Staffs 3,266 King Edward VII School, Lytham 3,219 Queen Mary School, Lytham 3,219 Mount Carmel School, Cheshire 3,162 St. Ambrose College, Altrincham 3,156 St. Joseph's College, Stoke on Trent 3,135 Hipperholme Grammar School 3,031 Loreto Convent Grammar School, Altrincham 2,787 Salesian College, Famborough 2,787 1 Includes tuition fees, fees for public examinations and other fees allowed for by schools' participation agreements.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many assisted places are available for the academic year 1996–97 in(a) the primary and (b) the secondary sector; and how many have been taken up. [40581]
§ Mrs. GillanThe number of assisted places available for children below age 11 entering participating schools in England in academic year 1996–97 is 855. For children aged 11 to 13 there are 6,915 entry places and a further 1,899 places for direct entry into sixth forms. The total number of assisted places available in 1996–97, including places allocated in previous years, is 37,816. Final figures for take-up are not yet available, but preliminary indications are that take-up at entry continues to be high.