House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 25 Jan 2002 (pt 9)

Specialist Schools

Mr. Laws: To 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.

Percentage of secondary school pupils who attend specialist maintained secondary schools by local education authority⁽⁵⁾

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

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

Rotherham 4,910 19,845 24.7

Middlesbrough 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

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
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
Rotherham	4,910	19,845	24.7
Middlesbrough	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

⁽⁵⁾ As at January 2001

Source:

Annual Schools' Census

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The provisional 2002 data will be available in late spring.

Mr. Laws: To 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.

Independent Schools

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the independent schools removed from the register of independent schools in each year from 1996. [30409]

Mr. Timms: Since 1996 the following schools have been deleted from the register of independent schools as a result of failure to comply with a Notice of Complaint:

1998

Jameah Islameyah, East Sussex

1999

Grange House, Herefordshire

Kensington International, London

2000

Bright Sparks Theatre School, London

Al Jamea Al Islamia, Manchester

2001

Thomas Francis, London.

Correspondence

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when she will reply to the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough's question of 18 December 2001 concerning asset management plans. [30301]

John Healey: A reply was issued to the hon. Member on 17 January 2002, Official Report, column 446W.

Revenue Funding

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total amount of revenue funding available for children in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools has been in the last five years in (i) Durham, (ii) South Tyneside and (iii) Hampshire. [30442]

Mr. Timms: The following tables contain the information requested:

Durham£

Cash Real terms—prices 2000–01

SSA Grants Total SSA Grants Total

Primary

1997–98 2,040 40 2,080 2,190 40 2,230

1998–99 2,160 60 2,220 2,250 60 2,310

1999–2000 2,280 140 2,420 2,320 140 2,460

2000–01 2,390 320 2,710 2,390 320 2,710

2001–02 2,490 590 3,080 2,430 570 3,000

Change⁽⁶⁾ 450 550 1,000 240 530 770

Secondary

1997–98 2,680 30 2,720 2,880 40 2,910

1998–99 2,820 50 2,870 2,940 50 2,990

1999–2000 2,940 100 3,040 2,990 100 3,090

2000–01 3,090 240 3,340 3,090 240 3,340

2001–02 3,220 410 3,630 3,140 400 3,540

Change⁽⁶⁾ 530 380 910 260 370 630

	Cash	Real terms—prices 2000–01
	SSA	Grants	Total	SSA	Grants	Total
Primary
1997–98	2,040	40	2,080	2,190	40	2,230
1998–99	2,160	60	2,220	2,250	60	2,310
1999–2000	2,280	140	2,420	2,320	140	2,460
2000–01	2,390	320	2,710	2,390	320	2,710
2001–02	2,490	590	3,080	2,430	570	3,000
Change⁽⁶⁾	450	550	1,000	240	530	770

Secondary
1997–98	2,680	30	2,720	2,880	40	2,910
1998–99	2,820	50	2,870	2,940	50	2,990
1999–2000	2,940	100	3,040	2,990	100	3,090
2000–01	3,090	240	3,340	3,090	240	3,340
2001–02	3,220	410	3,630	3,140	400	3,540
Change⁽⁶⁾	530	380	910	260	370	630

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South Tyneside£

Cash Real terms—prices 2000–01

SSA Grants Total SSA Grants Total

Primary

1997–98 1,210 40 2,160 2,270 50 2,320

1998–99 2,230 70 2,300 2,330 70 2,400

1999–2000 2,360 150 2,510 2,400 150 2,550

2000–01 2,470 360 2,830 2,470 360 2,830

2001–02 2,580 670 3,250 2,510 650 3,170

Change⁽⁶⁾ 450 630 1,080 240 610 850

Secondary

1997–98 2,780 40 2,820 2,980 40 3,020

1998–99 2,900 60 2,960 3,020 60 3,080

1999–2000 3,020 110 3,130 3,080 110 3,180

2000–01 3,180 270 3,450 3,180 270 3,450

2001–02 3,310 460 3,770 3,230 450 3,680

Change⁽⁶⁾ 540 420 950 260 410 660

	Cash	Real terms—prices 2000–01
	SSA	Grants	Total	SSA	Grants	Total
Primary
1997–98	1,210	40	2,160	2,270	50	2,320
1998–99	2,230	70	2,300	2,330	70	2,400
1999–2000	2,360	150	2,510	2,400	150	2,550
2000–01	2,470	360	2,830	2,470	360	2,830
2001–02	2,580	670	3,250	2,510	650	3,170
Change⁽⁶⁾	450	630	1,080	240	610	850

Secondary
1997–98	2,780	40	2,820	2,980	40	3,020
1998–99	2,900	60	2,960	3,020	60	3,080
1999–2000	3,020	110	3,130	3,080	110	3,180
2000–01	3,180	270	3,450	3,180	270	3,450
2001–02	3,310	460	3,770	3,230	450	3,680
Change⁽⁶⁾	540	420	950	260	410	660

Hampshire£

Cash Real terms—prices 2000–01

SSA Grants Total SSA Grants Total

Primary

1997–98 2,010 30 2,030 2,150 30 2,180

1998–99 2,120 30 2,150 2,210 30 2,240

1999–2000 2,230 80 2,310 2,270 80 2,350

2000–01 2,330 220 2,550 2,330 220 2,550

2001–02 2,450 390 2,840 2,390 390 2,770

Change⁽⁶⁾ 440 360 810 240 360 590

Secondary

1997–98 2,630 20 2,650 2,820 30 2,840

1998–99 2,780 30 2,800 2,890 30 2,920

1999–2000 2,870 60 2,930 2,920 60 2,980

2000–01 3,010 170 3,190 3,010 170 3,190

2001–02 3,170 280 3,450 3,090 280 3,370

Change⁽⁶⁾ 540 260 800 270 250 520

	Cash	Real terms—prices 2000–01
	SSA	Grants	Total	SSA	Grants	Total
Primary
1997–98	2,010	30	2,030	2,150	30	2,180
1998–99	2,120	30	2,150	2,210	30	2,240
1999–2000	2,230	80	2,310	2,270	80	2,350
2000–01	2,330	220	2,550	2,330	220	2,550
2001–02	2,450	390	2,840	2,390	390	2,770
Change⁽⁶⁾	440	360	810	240	360	590

Secondary
1997–98	2,630	20	2,650	2,820	30	2,840
1998–99	2,780	30	2,800	2,890	30	2,920
1999–2000	2,870	60	2,930	2,920	60	2,980
2000–01	3,010	170	3,190	3,010	170	3,190
2001–02	3,170	280	3,450	3,090	280	3,370
Change⁽⁶⁾	540	260	800	270	250	520

⁽⁶⁾ Change since 1997–98

Notes:

1. The figures reflect Education SSA (primary and secondary sub-blocks respectively) plus all school related revenue grants in the DfES's DEL relevant aged 5–10 (primary) and 11–15 (secondary).

2. The primary and secondary grant figures include notional allocations for those grants in support of more than one sector.

3. Pupil numbers underlying the £ per pupil figures are those underlying the SSA settlement calculations (primary and secondary sub-blocks respectively.

4. Real terms figures are calculated using GDP deflators published by the Treasury 20 December 2001.

5. 2001–02 figures are provisional as decisions on some funding allocations have yet to be finalised. The figures are thus liable to be revised later in the year.

6. Figures rounded to nearest £10. Difference figures may not sum due to rounding.

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