§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many education action zones exist; where they are; and if she will make a statement. [66285]
§ Mr. MilibandThere are 73 Statutory Education Action Zones. The table indicates where they are located:
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Education action zone Local education authority Ashington Northumberland Aston and Nechells Birmingham Barnsley Barnsley Barrow Cumbria Bedford Bedfordshire Blackburn with Darwen Blackburn with Darwen Breightmet and Tonge Bolton Bridgwater Somerset Bristol Bristol Camborne Pool Redruth Cornwall Clacton and Harwich Essex Corby Northamptonshire Coventry Coventry Derby North East Derby Dingle Granby Toxteth Liverpool Downham and Bellingham Lewisham Dudley Dudley Easington and Seaham Durham East Basildon Essex East Brighton Brighton and Hove East Cleveland Redcar and Cleveland East Manchester Manchester Ellesmere Port Cheshire Gloucester Gloucestershire
Education action zone Local education authority Great Yarmouth Norfolk Greenwich Greenwich Grimsby North East Lincolnshire Hackney Hackney Halifax Calderdale Hastings and St. Leonards East Sussex Herefordshire Herefordshire Hull Kingston upon Hull Kent-Somerset Virtual Kent and Somerset Kitts Green/Shard End Birmingham Lambeth Lambeth Leicester City of Leicester Leigh Wigan Leigh Park Hampshire Middlesbrough Middlesbrough NE Derbyshire Coalfields Derbyshire NE Sheffield Sheffield New Addington Croydon Newcastle Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newham Newham North Gillingham Medway Towns North Islington Islington North Southwark Southwark North Stockton Stockton Nottingham Nottingham NW Shropshire Shropshire Oxford Hamilton Oxford Peterlee Durham Plymouth Plymouth Preston Lancashire Rainbow (Stoke) Stoke Salford and Trafford Salford and Trafford SE England Virtual Bromley and Essex SE Sheffield Sheffield Slough Slough South Bradford Bradford South Tyneside South Tyneside Southend Southend Speke Garston Liverpool Sunderland Sunderland Telford and Wrekin Telford and Wrekin Thetford Norfolk Wakefield Wakefield Wednesbury Sandwell Westminster Westminster Weston North Somerset Withernsea and Southern Holderness East Riding Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Wythenshawe Manchester There are also 102 EiC Action Zones which form part of the Excellence in Cities initiative, and are located in EiC areas.