§ Mr. ThurnhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will disseminate nationally as a model of good practice the pupil attendance database established by Bolton education authority; and if she will make a statement on(a) the correlation between the database and the child benefit register and (b) access by the local education authority to information concerning families claiming housing benefit. [15644]
§ Mr. Robin SquireFollowing a series of contacts with the local authority associations and other interested parties on issues raised by the West case, the Department has issued a consultative letter on tightening up procedures
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Pupils with statements by local education authority area in England: 1991 to 1993, January each year 1991 1992 1993 Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage Corporation of London 1,766 2 0.1 1,773 2 0.1 1,795 5 0.3 Camden 25,475 480 1.9 26,649 525 2.0 27,541 609 2.2 Greenwich 37,411 1,069 2.9 38,085 1,092 2.9 38,182 1,122 2.9 Hackney 27,411 887 3.2 28,194 866 3.1 28,246 898 3.2 Hammersmith 19,181 583 3.0 19,352 554 2.9 19,601 573 2.9 Islington 22,688 559 2.5 23,537 598 2.5 23,295 639 2.7 Kensington and Chelsea 20,136 151 0.7 29,387 188 0.9 20,365 207 1.0 Lambeth 27,534 1,107 4.0 27,885 930 3.3 28,366 856 3.0 Lewisham 34,047 640 1.9 34,697 667 1.9 35,046 827 2.4 Southwark 34,630 633 1.8 35,750 680 1.9 36,788 730 2.0 Tower Hamlets 31.194 546 1.8 32,286 612 1.9 33,841 753 2.2 Wandsworth 30,379 1,097 3.6 31,217 968 3.1 32,304 1,094 3.4 Westminster 21,836 219 1.0 22,185 340 1.5 22,616 336 1.5 Barking 23,673 304 1.3 24,695 333 1.3 25,373 358 1.4 Barnet 47,418 550 1.2 48,411 557 1.2 48,850 666 1.4 Bexley 32,920 569 1.7 33,583 671 2.0 34,112 743 2.2 Brent 34,150 400 1.2 35,266 435 1.2 37,168 580 1.6 Bromley 40,735 775 1.9 41,574 783 1.9 43,202 876 2.0 Croydon 48,228 846 1.8 49,335 854 1.7 50,660 799 1.6 Ealing 45,108 670 1.5 45,615 745 1.6 45,378 919 2.0 Enfield 39,867 257 0.6 40,969 191 0.5 42,479 278 0.7 Haringey 29,297 243 0.8 30,359 346 1.1 31,106 451 1.4 Harrow 31,131 397 1.3 31,445 458 1.5 31,983 518 1.6 Havering 35,864 490 1.4 35,349 591 1.7 35,353 617 1.7 Hillingdon 36,103 552 1.5 36,625 542 1.5 37,753 532 1.4 Hounslow 33,215 999 3.0 33,787 964 2.9 34,493 1,023 3.0 Kingston upon Thames 20,793 348 1.7 21,129 405 1.9 21,623 407 1.9 Merton 24,486 403 1.6 25,197 448 1.8 25,980 491 1.9 Newham 38,303 688 1.8 39,095 705 1.8 40,266 729 1.8 Redbridge 35,249 288 0.8 36,557 481 1.3 38,043 540 1.4 Richmond upon Thames 23,933 346 1.4 24,326 386 1.6 25,040 443 1.8 Sutton 24,988 533 2.1 25,597 580 2.3 26.232 584 2.2 Waltham Forest 31,972 659 2.1 32,505 827 2.5 33,357 851 2.6 Birmingham 177,519 3,098 1.7 179,886 3,125 1.7 182,760 3,608 2.0 Coventry 50,777 934 1.8 51,459 930 1.8 52,194 988 1.9 Dudley 45,369 840 1.9 45,707 805 1.8 46,472 845 1.8 Sandwell 49,757 735 1.5 50,548 731 1.4 51,203 697 1.4 governing the transfer of pupil records and reports. My right hon. Friend will consider whether there is a case for disseminating any particular model of database, or any other example of good practice, in the light of the outcomes of that consultation.