§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will publish her latest estimates of the percentage of secondary school pupils who are in specialist schools in each local education authority area in England; and if she will make a statement. [29218]
§ Mr. Timms[holding answer 23 January 2002]: The available information is shown in the table.
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Percentage of secondary school pupils who attend specialist maintained secondary schools by local education authority 1 LEA pupils aged 11+ in specialist maintained secondary schools pupils aged 11+ in all maintained secondary schools Percentage of pupils Pupils aged 11+ in specialist maintained secondary schools Wandsworth 6,395 9,944 64.3 Newcastle upon Tyne 10,138 16,318 62.1 West Berkshire 7,033 11,740 59.9 Gateshead 7,025 12,043 58.3 Hackney 4,411 7,921 55.7 York 4,929 9,972 49.4 Darlington 2,953 6,009 49.1 North Somerset 5,891 12,268 48.0 Cornwall 13,685 32,000 42.8 Bath and North East Somerset 5,218 12,270 42.5 Camden 4,544 10,868 41.8 Greenwich 5,767 13,834 41.7 Ealing 6,163 15,088 40.8 Durham 13,116 32,158 40.8 Stockton-on-Tees 5,070 12,792 39.6 Bournemouth 3,800 9,768 38.9 Newham 6,667 17,469 38.2 Milton Keynes 4,465 12,058 37.0 Wigan 7,716 20,854 37.0 Birmingham 25,401 69,037 36.8 Bradford 12,539 34,214 36.6 Hartlepool 2,409 6,679 36.1 Plymouth 6,786 18,823 36.1 Gloucestershire 13,718 38,146 36.0 Northumberland 8,075 22,855 35.3 Manchester 8,227 23,472 35.1 Rutland 789 2,254 35.0 Wiltshire 9,570 27,383 34.9 Cambridgeshire 10,625 30,916 34.4 St. Helens 4,167 12,159 34.3 Northamptonshire 14,932 44,161 33.8 Barking and Dagenham 3,709 11,079 33.5 Redbridge 6,301 18,868 33.4 Lambeth 2,398 7,208 33.3 East Riding of Yorkshire 7,333 22,627 32.4 Rochdale 4,583 14,153 32.4 Lincolnshire 14,210 44,166 32.2 Sheffield 9,596 29,861 32.1 Wakefield 6,758 21,279 31.8 Trafford 5,000 15,844 31.6 East Sussex 8,686 27,805 31.2 Knowsley 3,160 10,240 30.9 Norfolk 13,712 44,896 30.5 Warrington 4,192 13,833 30.3 Leicester 5,436 18,031 30.1 Leicestershire 13,014 43,184 30.1 Oxfordshire 10,694 36,002 29.7 Dorset 7,474 25,163 29.7 Bromley 6,269 21,227 29.5 Poole 2,321 7,864 29.5 Liverpool 9,819 33,470 29.3 Tower Hamlets 4,049 14,086 28.7 Suffolk 12,537 44,056 28.5 Wolverhampton 4,694 16,540 28.4 Blackpool 2,203 7,823 28.2 North Tyneside 3,521 12,511 28.1 Surrey 15,892 56,626 28.1 Bolton 5,363 19,145 28.0 Essex 23,989 86,260 27.8 North East Lincolnshire 3,263 11,734 27.8 Kingston Upon Hull, City of 4,446 16,012 27.8 Buckinghamshire 9,215 33,255 27.7 North Lincolnshire 2,933 10,649 27.5 South Gloucestershire 4,473 16,440 27.2 West Sussex 11,545 42,454 27.2 Isle of Wight 2,356 8,858 26.6 Brent 3,846 14,473 26.6 South Tyneside 2,680 10,508 25.5 Cumbria 8,581 33,743 25.4 Derby 3,739 14,748 25.4 Southend-on-Sea 2,836 11,363 25.0
Percentage of secondary school pupils who attend specialist maintained secondary schools by local education authority1 LEA Pupils aged 11+ in specialist maintained secondary schools Pupils aged 11+ in all maintained secondary schools Percentage of pupils aged 11+in specialist maintained secondary schools Rotherham 4,910 19,845 24.7 Middles rough 2,119 8,572 24.7 Sunderland 4,823 19,837 24.3 Coventry 5,091 20,963 24.3 Kirklees 6,070 25,084 24.2 Somerset 6,966 28,849 24.1 Islington 1,814 7,581 23.9 Brighton and Hove 2,872 12,026 23.9 Wirral 5,759 24,181 23.8 Hillingdon 3,869 16,470 23.5 Derbyshire 11,201 47,868 23.4 Halton 2,017 8,688 23.2 Waltham Forest 2,997 12,979 23.1 Shropshire 4,074 17,657 23.1 Devon 9,034 39,814 22.7 Worcestershire 7,638 33,843 22.6 Blackburn with Darwen 2,143 9,501 22.6 Lancashire 16,800 74,964 22.4 Westminster 1,777 8,019 22.2 Medway 4,363 19,837 22.0 North Yorkshire 8,699 40,087 21.7 Reading 1,346 6,349 21.2 Leeds 9,799 47,168 20.8 Herefordshire 2,031 9,823 20.7 Swindon 2,358 11,561 20.4 Wokingham 2,186 10,760 20.3 Luton 2,446 12,073 20.3 Peterborough 2,582 12,960 19.9 Stoke-on-Trent 2,870 14,831 19.4 Sefton 3,893 20,671 18.8 Slough 1,483 7,924 18.7 Southwark 1,844 10,220 18.0 Bristol, City of 3,082 17,902 17.2 Stockport 2,791 16,575 16.8 Barnet 3,501 21,064 16.6 Sandwell 3,240 19,532 16.6 Walsall 3,476 21,382 16.3 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,150 7,101 16.2 Warwickshire 5,108 32,658 15.6 Telford and Wrekin 1,601 10,258 15.6 Hounslow 2,526 16,286 15.5 Solihull 2,398 15,586 15.4 Tameside 2,357 15,368 15.3 Nottingham 2,115 13,910 15.2 Hertfordshire 11,173 74,566 15.0 Salford 1,874 12,524 15.0 Kent 13,541 92,264 14.7 Oldham 2,398 16,825 14.3 Haringey 1,557 11,391 13.7 Havering 2,068 15,903 13.0 Portsmouth 1,271 10,108 12.6 Thurrock 1,004 8,124 12.4 Hampshire 8,632 70,604 12.2 Cheshire 5,651 46,234 12.2 Redcar and Cleveland 1,221 10,351 11.8 Torbay 1,013 8,704 11.6 Nottinghamshire 5,926 53,560 11.1 Staffordshire 5,347 57,451 9.3 Calderdale 1,358 14,882 9.1 Sutton 1,134 14,572 7.8 Barnsley 847 13,134 6.4 Croydon 1,081 17,394 6.2 Bedfordshire 1,516 27,263 5.6 Bexley 823 17,461 4.7 Dudley 585 20,290 2.9 1 As at January 2001 Source:
Annual Schools' Census
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§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many specialist schools have received assistance from public funds in order to raise the money needed to submit a development plan; how many have received assistance of(a) £1 to £5,000, (b) £5,001 to £15,000, (c) £15,001 to £25,000, and (d) over £25,000; and if she will make a statement. [29219]
§ Mr. Timms[holding answer 23 January 2002]: No public sector funds may be counted towards the sponsorship supporting a specialist school application. No data are held centrally on the extent of public support—such as from LEAs—for the preparation of applications for specialist school status.