HC Deb 10 November 1998 vol 319 cc132-3W
Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many new secondary schools have been(a) started and (b) completed in each of the last five years; and in which council areas the schools are located. [58800]

Ms Estelle Morris

The following table shows the number of proposals approved and implemented in each Local Education Authority to establish new maintained secondary schools in each of the last three years. The list includes proposals which have been determined by the Local Education Authority and proposals by independent schools to join the maintained sector. A number of proposals have been decided but not yet implemented. Accurate information for earlier years is not available.

Number approved Number implemented
1996
Sutton 1
East Sussex (pre 1 April 1997) 1
Surrey 1
Staffordshire (pre 1 April 1997) 1
1997
Trafford 2 2
Kent (pre 1 April 1998) 1 1
Liverpool 1
Croydon 1 1
Ealing 1
Birmingham 1 1
Milton Keynes 1
Buckinghamshire (pre 1 April 1997) 1
Sutton 1
Surrey 1
Kent (pre 1 April 1998) 1
Staffordshire (pre 1 April 1997) 1
1998
Newcastle upon Tyne 1
Wandsworth 1
Haringey 1 1
Wolverhampton 1 1
Kent (pre 1 April 1998) 1 1
Hillingdon 1
East Sussex (pre 1 April 1997) 1 1
Islington 1
Ealing 1