§ Mr. HancockTo 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]
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§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe 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