§ Dr. George TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list for each local education authority in England all specialist schools by specialism and pupil numbers and, for each local education authority, the percentage of its pupils in such schools.[59519]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe information on pupil numbers in specialist schools is obtained from the School Performance Tables. The 1998 tables are due to be released in the week commencing 30 November and this information is not available until then. I shall write to my hon. Friend when the figures are available.
§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many new special schools have been(a) started and (b) completed in each of the last five years, indicating the council areas in which the schools are located. [59350]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe information requested is not held centrally. However, between February 1995 and October 1998, the Secretary of State approved the establishment of 51 special schools. Details of the Local Education Authorities are as follows
February-December 19951: Tower Hamlets, Liverpool, Bradford, Leicestershire (3 schools), Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire, Wandsworth, Solihull, Nottinghamshire, Leicester City and Barking & DagenhamJanuary-December 1996: Hampshire, Durham (3 schools), Gateshead, Hereford & Worcester (2 schools), Hertfordshire, Bolton, Derbyshire (3 schools), Warwickshire and WakefieldJanuary-December 1997: Northamptonshire, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Durham, Lancashire (2 schools) and TraffordJanuary-October 1998: Waltham Forest, Newcastle (4 schools), Cheshire (2 schools), Wigan (6 schools), Trafford, Wandsworth and Essex1First month national data were collected.