§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many special schools closed in(a) 1995, (b) 1996, (c) 1997, (d) 1998, (e) 1999, (f) 2000 and (g) 2001 to date [8891]
§ Mr. TimmsThe number of special schools that have closed each year mice 1995 are:
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Year Number of special schools closed 1995 23 1996 28 1997 32 1998 35 1999 35 2000 33 2001 22 Total 208
§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many special schools have closed in each local education authority since 1997. [8892]
§ Mr. TimmsThe number of special schools that have closed in each local education authority since 1997 are:
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Local education authority Barking and Dagenham 3 Barnet 1 Barnsley 3 Bath and North East Somerset 0 Bedfordshire 1 Bexley 0 Birmingham 5 Blackburn with Darwen 2 Blackpool 0 Bolton 2 Bournemouth 1 Bracknell Forest 0 Bradford 1 Brent 0 Brighton and Hove 0 Bristol City of 1 Bromley 0 Buckinghamshire 2 Bury 1 Calderdale 0 Cambridgeshire 1 Camden 0 Cheshire 2 City of London 0 Cornwall 0 Coventry 0 Croydon 0 Cumbria 0 Darlington 0 Derby 0 Derbyshire 3 Devon 0 Doncaster 0 Dorset 0 Dudley 0 Durham 1 Ealing 0 East Riding of Yorkshire 0 East Sussex 1 Enfield 0 Essex 7 Gateshead 4 Gloucestershire 5 Greenwich 5 Hackney 1 Halton 0 Hammersmith and Fulham 0 Hampshire 3 Haringey 0 Harrow 1 Hartlepool 1 Havering 0 Herefordshire 0 Hertfordshire 2 Hillingdon 0 Hounslow 0 Isle of Wight 0 Isles Of Scilly 0 Islington 1 Kensington and Chelsea 0 Kent 5 Kingston upon Hull City of 1 Kingston upon Thames 0 1389W
Local education authority Kirklees 1 Knowsley 0 Lambeth 2 Lancashire 1 Leeds 4 Leicester 1 Leicestershire 0 Lewisham 0 Lincolnshire 0 Liverpool 2 Luton 0 Manchester 4 Medway 0 Merton 1 Middlesbrough 2 Milton Keynes 0 Newcastle upon Tyne 11 Newham 0 Norfolk 0 North East Lincolnshire 0 North Lincolnshire 0 North Somerset 1 North Tyneside 0 North Yorkshire 0 Northamptonshire 2 Northumberland 1 Nottingham 0 Nottinghamshire 1 Oldham 3 Oxfordshire 0 Peterborough 1 Plymouth 0 Poole 0 Portsmouth 0 Reading 0 Redbridge 0 Redcar and Cleveland 0 Richmond upon Thames 0 Rochdale 0 Rotherham 0 Rutland 0 Salford 3 Sandwell 10 Sefton 0 Sheffield 2 Shropshire 0 Slough 1 Solihull 0 Somerset 0 South Gloucestershire 2 South Tyneside 0 Southampton 0 Southend-on-Sea 0 Southwark 0 St. Helens 0 Staffordshire 1 Stockport 3 Stockton-on-Tees 0 Stoke-on-Trent 1 Suffolk 1 Sunderland 0 Surrey 1 Sutton 0 Swindon 0 Tameside 1 Telford and Wrekin 2 Thurrock 0 Torbay 0 Tower Hamlets 2 Trafford 3
Local education authority Wakefield 4 Walsall 1 Waltham Forest 1 Wandsworth 2 Warrington 0 Warwickshire 3 West Berkshire 0 West Sussex 0 Westminster 0 Wigan 5 Wiltshire 1 Windsor and Maidenhead 0 Wirral 0 Wokingham 0 Wolverhampton 0 Worcestershire 0 York 0
§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many vacancies there are in special schools by(a) local education authority and (b) constituency. [8895]
§ Mr. TimmsInformation on vacancies by constituency is not held centrally. The numbers of vacancies in January 2001 for full-time teachers in special schools by local education authority are as follows:
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Vacancies Darlington 0 Hartlepool 0 Middlesbrough 0 Redcar and Cleveland 0 Stockton on Tees 0 Durham 0 Northumberland 0 Gateshead 1 Newcastle upon Tyne 0 North Tyneside 0 South Tyneside 0 Sunderland 0 Blackburn with Darwen 0 Blackpool 0 Halton 0 Warrington 1 Cheshire 2 Cumbria 0 Bolton 0 Bury 0 Manchester 0 Oldham 1 Rochdale 0 Salford 0 Stockport 1 Tameside 0 Trafford 0 Wigan 1 Lancashire 4 Knowsley 1 Liverpool 0 St. Helens 0 Sefton 4 Wirral 4 East Riding of Yorkshire 0 City of Kingston Upon Hull 0 North East Lincolnshire 0 North Lincolnshire 0 1391W
Vacancies York 1 North Yorkshire 1 Barnsley 0 Doncaster 1 Rotherham 0 Sheffield 0 Bradford 0 Calderdale 0 Kirklees 0 Leeds 1 Wakefield 3 Derby 0 Leicester 6 Nottingham 5 Rutland 0 Derbyshire 2 Leicestershire 0 Lincolnshire 2 Northamptonshire 4 Nottinghamshire 0 Herefordshire 0 Stoke on Trent 2 Telford and Wrekin 0 Shropshire 0 Staffordshire 3 Warwickshire 3 Birmingham 2 Coventry 0 Dudley 2 Sandwell 6 Solihull 2 Walsall 0 Wolverhampton 3 Worcestershire 2 Luton 0 Peterborough 0 Southend on Sea 0 Thurrock 1 Bedfordshire 5 Cambridgeshire 0 Essex 5 Hertfordshire 5 Norfolk 4 Suffolk 1 Camden 2 City of London 0 Hackney 5 Hammersmith and Fulham 6 Haringey 2 Islington 5 Kensington and Chelsea 1 Lambeth 6 Lewisham 3 Newham 2 Southwark 5 Tower Hamlets 6 Wandsworth 6 City of Westminster 2 Barking and Dagenham 1 Barnet 4 Bexley 3 Brent 0 Bromley 2 Croydon 2 Ealing 0 Enfield 3 Greenwich 2 Harrow 2 Havering 0 Hillingdon 6
Vacancies Hounslow 0 Kingston upon Thames 2 Merton 5 Redbridge 0 Richmond upon Thames 3 Sutton 0 Waltham Forest 0 Bracknell Forest 1 Brighton and Hove 2 Isle of Wight 0 Medway 5 Milton Keynes 2 Portsmouth 3 Reading 4 Slough 3 Southampton 1 West Berkshire 1 Windsor and Maidenhead 4 Wokingham 3 Buckinghamshire 5 East Sussex 1 Hampshire 8 Kent 23 Oxfordshire 0 Surrey 17 West Sussex 6 Bath and North East Somerset 1 Bournemouth 0 City of Bristol 0 North Somerset 0 Plymouth 0 Poole 2 South Gloucestershire 0 Swindon 2 Torbay 1 Cornwall 0 Isles of Scilly 0 Devon 2 Dorset 2 Glucestershire 3 Somerset 0 Wiltshire 0 England 280
§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many special schools have closed in each parliamentary constituency since 1997. [8893]
§ Mr. TimmsThe numbers of special schools that have closed in each parliamentary constituency since 1997 are contained in tables, copies of which have been placed in the Library.