HC Deb 18 December 2001 vol 377 cc281-2W
Mr. Hoban

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list specialist schools by constituency and specialism at the most recent date. [23103]

Mr. Timms

[holding answer 17 December 2001]: Details of the 685 specialist schools operational as of September 2001 is listed by parliamentary constituency and by specialism and is contained in tables, copies of which have been placed in the Libraries.

Mr. Hoban

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools applied for specialist school status in(a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001. [23242]

Mr. Timms

[holding answer 17 December 2001]: The number of schools that applied for specialist school status in the previous three years is as follows.

  1. (a) 1999 : 213
  2. (b) 2000 : 335
  3. (c) 2001 : 410.