School Playing Fields
Mr. Cox:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools in each of the Inner London boroughs have school playing fields; and if she will list them. [50542]
John Healey:
As part of the data collected for local education authorities' asset management plans, the Department has information on numbers of school playing fields. The Department is currently appraising the data with a view to publishing analysis later this year.
City of Bradford Metropolitan Council
Mr. Rooney:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when the City of Bradford metropolitan council was invited to submit a bid for the latest round of PFI projects; when the bid was received; and on what date the Department's response was issued. [51040]
Mr. Ivan Lewis
[holding answer 18 April 2002]: A letter was sent by the Department for Education and Skills to all local education authorities (LEAs) in England on 31 July 2001, inviting PFI proposals expected to reach contract signature in 2003–04. The proposal from the City of Bradford metropolitan council was received on 17 December 2001. All LEAs which submitted proposals were notified of the outcome on 25 March 2002.
Educational Psychologists
Mr. Lidington:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what the average waiting time between a child being referred by his school to an educational psychologist and the first consultation taking place has been in the last 12 months; [51053]
(2) how many educational psychologists are employed (a) by each local education authority in England and Wales and (b) in total; what the equivalent figures were for the last five years; and if she will make a statement; [51055]
(3) if she will make a statement about the recruitment and retention of educational psychologists; [51056]
(4) what estimate she has made of the number of posts for educational psychologists in local education authorities in England and Wales that are unfilled. [51057]
Mr. Ivan Lewis
[holding answer 18 April 2002]: Information on waiting times for consultations with educational psychologists is not collected centrally. Recruitment and retention of educational psychologists are matters for local education authorities, as employers.
The latest available information on the number of educational psychologists employed by local education authorities in England, and the number of unfilled posts, is given in the following table:
Educational psychologists (full-time equivalent)
| | In service | FT vacancies
|
|---|
| LEA | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2001
|
|---|
| City of London | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0
|
| Camden | 8.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 10.9 | 12.0 | 0.0
|
| Greenwich | 16.0 | 16.9 | 15.9 | 12.9 | 14.5 | 1.0
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| Hackney | 11.0 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 11.7 | 12.5 | 1.0
|
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 6.5 | 7.5 | 9.3 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 1.0
|
| Islington | 10.0 | 13.0 | 12.3 | 14.1 | 12.0 | 0.0
|
| Kensington and Chelsea | 9.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 0.0
|
| Lambeth | 13.3 | 8.0 | 10.7 | 13.4 | 15.1 | 0.0
|
| Lewisham | 13.5 | 13.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 0.0
|
| Southwark | 13.6 | 11.1 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 2.0
|
| Tower Hamlets | 14.0 | 29.6 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 14.4 | 0.0
|
| Wandsworth | 11.2 | 11.6 | 10.7 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 0.0
|
| City of Westminster | 10.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 9.4 | 0.0
|
| Barking and Dagenham | 12.9 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 14.0 | 11.9 | 3.0
|
| Barnet | 16.1 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 14.4 | 15.5 | 1.0
|
| Bexley | 11.3 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 10.1 | 0.0
|
| Brent | 11.6 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 0.0
|
| Bromley | 11.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 1.0
|
| Croydon | 10.4 | 14.6 | 13.9 | 13.4 | 9.6 | 1.0
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| Ealing | 12.8 | 13.8 | 23.8 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 1.0
|
| Enfield | 15.0 | 12.7 | 17.6 | 20.6 | 19.2 | 3.0
|
| Haringey | 14.8 | 13.3 | 15.0 | 14.1 | 11.6 | 2.0
|
| Harrow | 11.0 | 4.6 | 8.7 | 10.3 | 10.9 | 1.0
|
| Havering | 7.9 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.0
|
| Hillingdon | 12.4 | 13.8 | 15.3 | 14.2 | 15.5 | 0.0
|
| Hounslow | 9.5 | 10.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.0
|
| Kingston upon Thames | 4.9 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 1.0
|
| Merton | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 9.6 | 0.0
|
| Newham | 12.1 | 12.8 | 15.5 | 19.0 | 17.7 | 4.0
|
| Redbridge | 8.1 | 8.2 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 7.4 | 2.0
|
| Richmond upon Thames | 6.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 1.0
|
| Sutton | 5.6 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 8.9 | 10.8 | 0.0
|
| Waltham Forest | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 8.3 | 1.0
|
| Birmingham | 39.0 | 40.1 | 46.2 | 22.6 | 46.2 | 0.0
|
| Coventry | 13.3 | 12.8 | 13.9 | 14.5 | 16.0 | 0.0
|
| Dudley | 10.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 7.7 | 11.7 | 5.0
|
| Sandwell | 14.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 15.0 | 0.0
|
| Solihull | 9.4 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 9.5 | 1.0
|
| Walsall | 10.5 | 12.6 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 10.6 | 0.0
|
| Wolverhampton | 11.8 | 12.8 | 10.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 0.0
|
| Knowsley | 8.8 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.0
|
| Liverpool | 16.0 | 16.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 0.0
|
| St. Helens | 6.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 8.1 | 0.0
|
| Sefton | 10.0 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 9.5 | 13.6 | 0.0
|
| Wirral | 14.0 | 12.5 | 13.7 | 12.8 | 12.1 | 2.0
|
| Bolton | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 0.0
|
| Bury | 7.6 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 0.0
|
| Manchester | 17.6 | 20.9 | 22.2 | 17.8 | 21.0 | 0.0
|
| Oldham | 6.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 0.0
|
| Rochdale | 8.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 8.0 | 9.3 | 0.0
|
| Salford | 9.5 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 11.2 | 8.8 | 3.0
|
| Stockport | 11.8 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 0.0
|
| Tameside | 7.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 0.0
|
| Trafford | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 7.0 | 0.0
|
| Wigan | 12.0 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 10.0 | 2.0
|
| Barnsley | 4.0 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 0.0
|
| Doncaster | 10.9 | 11.9 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 9.9 | 2.0
|
| Rotherham | 11.5 | 10.5 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 9.1 | 0.0
|
| Sheffield | 19.4 | 20.9 | 22.4 | 23.4 | 26.0 | 0.0
|
| Bradford | 18.5 | 19.2 | 20.5 | 21.7 | 21.7 | 0.0
|
| Calderdale | 8.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 0.0
|
| Kirklees | 21.5 | 22.5 | 20.0 | 22.8 | 25.1 | 3.0
|
| Leeds | 14.5 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 19.5 | 2.0
|
| Wakefield | 10.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 0.0
|
| Gateshead | 9.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.5 | 0.0
|
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 14.4 | 10.4 | 14.8 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 0.0
|
| North Tyneside | 6.6 | 7.5 | 5.7 | 7.7 | 9.0 | 0.0
|
| South Tyneside | 6.0 | 7.5 | 5.0 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 1.0
|
| Sunderland | 11.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 15.9 | 11.1 | 0.0
|
| Isles of Scilly | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
|
| Bath and North East Somerset | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 0.0
|
| City of Bristol | 16.9 | 14.3 | 15.6 | 19.2 | 19.5 | 0.0
|
| North Somerset | 7.9 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 12.0 | 10.5 | 1.0
|
| South Gloucestershire | 7.3 | 7.0 | 8.8 | 9.8 | 11.4 | 0.0
|
| Hartlepool | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 1.0
|
| Middlesbrough | 5.0 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 0.0
|
| Redcar and Cleveland | 5.1 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 2.0
|
| Stockton on Tees | 8.5 | 5.1 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 8.3 | 0.0
|
| City of Kingston Upon Hull | 8.0 | 8.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 11.4 | 10.0
|
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 0.0
|
| North East Lincolnshire | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 0.0
|
| North Lincolnshire | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 0.0
|
| North Yorkshire | 13.1 | 14.3 | 15.8 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 0.0
|
| York | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 0.0
|
| Former Bedfordshire | 16.3 | — | — | — | — | —
|
| Bedfordshire | — | 6.0 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 11.7 | 1.0
|
| Luton | — | 4.8 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 0.0
|
| Total former Bedfordshire area | 16.3 | 10.8 | 15.6 | 16.3 | 18.7 | 1.0
|
| Former Buckinghamshire | 24.9 | — | — | — | — | —
|
| Buckinghamshire | — | 18.2 | 19.7 | 19.8 | 18.6 | 36.0
|
| Milton Keynes | — | 10.0 | 7.0 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 0.0
|
| Total former Buckinghamshire area | 24.9 | 28.2 | 26.7 | 29.8 | 30.1 | 36.0
|
| Former Derbyshire | 31.9 | — | — | — | — | —
|
| Derbyshire | — | 22.0 | 20.6 | 23.0 | 20.7 | 3.0
|
| Derby | — | 9.0 | 8.7 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 0.0
|
| Total former Derbyshire area | 31.9 | 31.0 | 29.3 | 33.9 | 31.6 | 3.0
|
| Former Dorset | 25.0 | — | — | — | — | —
|
| Dorset | — | 14.0 | 13.0 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 0.0
|
| Poole | — | 5.5 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 1.0
|
| Bournemouth | — | 4.0 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.0
|
| Total former Dorset area | 25.0 | 23.5 | 24.4 | 23.1 | 23.8 | 1.0
|
| Former Durham | 23.4 | — | — | — | — | —
|
| Durham | — | 16.0 | 20.9 | 20.6 | 23.2 | 0.0
|
| Darlington | — | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0
|
| Total former Durham area | 23.4 | 20.0 | 23.9 | 24.6 | 27.2 | 0.0
|
| Former East Sussex | 18.3 | — | — | — | — | —
|
| East Sussex | — | 11.9 | 13.9 | 12.6 | 16.9 | 1.0
|
| Brighton and Hove | — | 7.1 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 0.0
|
| Total former East Sussex area | 18.3 | 19.0 | 20.6 | 20.3 | 24.6 | 1.0
|
| Former Hampshire | 61.4 | — | — | — | — | —
|
| Hampshire | — | 48.9 | 48.3 | 50.1 | 42.9 | 4.0
|
| Portsmouth | — | 11.0 | 9.0 | 14.0 | 11.0 | 2.0
|
| Southampton | — | 10.0 | 11.6 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 0.0
|
| Total former Hampshire area | 61.4 | 69.9 | 68.9 | 76.8 | 66.6 | 6.0
|
| Former Leicestershire | 26.2 | 0.0 | — | — | — | —
|
| Leicestershire | — | 21.1 | 22.6 | 24.6 | 21.1 | 2.0
|
| Leicester | — | 12.7 | 13.3 | 12.7 | 21.0 | 5.0
|
| Rutland | — | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0
|
| Total former Leicestershire area | 26.2 | 34.2 | 35.9 | 37.8 | 42.1 | 7.0
|
| Former Staffordshire | 28.0 | — | — | — | — | —
|
| Staffordshire | — | 21.0 | 20.0 | 22.4 | 18.5 | 6.0
|
| Stoke on Trent | — | 6.1 | 8.0 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 0.0
|
| Total former Staffordshire area | 28.0 | 27.1 | 28.0 | 28.6 | 24.6 | 6.0
|
| Former Wiltshire | 13.2 | — | — | — | — | —
|
| Wiltshire | — | 14.3 | 20.9 | 15.6 | 14.1 | 0.0
|
| Swindon | — | 5.9 | 4.9 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 0.0
|
| Total former Wiltshire area | 13.2 | 20.2 | 25.8 | 22.1 | 20.8 | 0.0
|
| Former Berkshire | 20.6 | 20.2 | — | — | — | —
|
| Bracknell Forest | — | — | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0
|
| Windsor and Maidenhead | — | — | 6.6 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 1.0
|
| West Berkshire | — | — | 5.4 | 5.8 | 8.3 | 1.0
|
| Reading | — | — | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 1.0
|
| Slough | — | — | 4.9 | 7.7 | 9.7 | 0.0
|
| Wokingham | | | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.0
|
| Total former Berkshire area | 20.6 | 20.2 | 28.8 | 32.5 | 35.7 | 4.0
|
| Former Cambridgeshire | 19.5 | 19.5 | — | — | — | —
|
| Cambridgeshire | — | — | 19.0 | 18.3 | 16.8 | 1.0
|
| Peterborough | — | — | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 0.0
|
| Total former Cambridgeshire area | 19.5 | 19.5 | 25.5 | 24.8 | 23.4 | 1.0
|
| Former Cheshire | 30.1 | 27.8 | — | — | — | —
|
| Cheshire | — | — | 18.8 | 23.8 | 18.4 | 15.0
|
| Halton | — | — | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.0
|
| Warrington | — | — | 6.0 | 10.1 | 6.0 | 2.0
|
| Total former Cheshire area | 30.1 | 27.8 | 28.8 | 38.9 | 29.4 | 17.0
|
| Former Devon | 34.8 | 33.2 | — | — | — | —
|
| Devon | — | — | 20.8 | 18.9 | 21.5 | 0.0
|
| Plymouth | — | — | 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 0.0
|
| Torbay | — | — | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.0
|
| Total former Devon area | 34.8 | 33.2 | 33.9 | 31.8 | 34.5 | 0.0
|
| Former Essex | 63.3 | 60.5 | — | — | — | —
|
| Essex | — | — | 45.6 | 47.6 | 52.4 | 1.0
|
| Southend on Sea | — | — | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 1.0
|
| Thurrock | — | — | 4.5 | 7.5 | 6.0 | 1.0
|
| Total former Essex area | 63.3 | 60.5 | 54.1 | 60.1 | 64.2 | 3.0
|
| Former Hereford and Worcestershire | 22.0 | 20.2 | — | — | — | —
|
| Herefordshire | — | — | 4.7 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 0.0
|
| Worcestershire | — | — | 19.8 | 18.7 | 22.6 | 0.0
|
| Total former Hereford and Worcester area | 22.0 | 20.2 | 24.5 | 24.4 | 28.2 | 0.0
|
| Former Kent | 55.8 | 50.2 | — | — | — | —
|
| Kent | — | — | 37.7 | 43.6 | 42.4 | 5.0
|
| Medway | — | — | 9.5 | 10.1 | 9.5 | 0.0
|
| Total former Kent area | 55.8 | 50.2 | 47.2 | 53.7 | 51.9 | 5.0
|
| Former Lancashire | 55.3 | 51.9 | — | — | — | —
|
| Lancashire | — | — | 40.5 | 43.3 | 42.1 | 1.0
|
| Blackburn with Darwen | — | — | 8.0 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 0.0
|
| Blackpool | — | — | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 0.0
|
| Total former Lancashire area | 55.3 | 51.9 | 53.5 | 57.8 | 56.6 | 1.0
|
| Former Nottinghamshire | 32.9 | 30.8 | — | — | — | —
|
| Nottinghamshire | — | — | 22.8 | 25.3 | 25.8 | 1.0
|
| Nottingham | — | — | 9.2 | 9.4 | 15.1 | 0.0
|
| Total former Nottinghamshire area | 32.9 | 30.8 | 32.0 | 34.7 | 40.9 | 1.0
|
| Former Shropshire | 13.0 | 13.1 | — | — | — | —
|
| Shropshire | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
|
| Telford and Wrekin | — | — | 13.6 | 14.5 | 16.9 | 0.0
|
| Total former Shropshire area | 13.0 | 13.1 | 13.6 | 14.5 | 16.9 | 0.0
|
| Cornwall | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 12.8 | 13.4 | 0.0
|
| Cumbria | 17.2 | 17.2 | 17.0 | 19.9 | 23.6 | 2.0
|
| Gloucestershire | 8.5 | 8.5 | 17.5 | 18.2 | 19.1 | 0.0
|
| Hertfordshire | 34.6 | 34.9 | 35.8 | 35.3 | 32.4 | 3.0
|
| Isle of Wight | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0
|
| Lincolnshire | 18.8 | 15.4 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 1.0
|
| Norfolk | 24.0 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 4.0
|
| Northamptonshire | 23.4 | 29.1 | 28.4 | 28.1 | 25.6 | 4.0
|
| Northumberland | 9.2 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 14.5 | 9.1 | 0.0
|
| Oxfordshire | 17.9 | 19.9 | 18.8 | 21.1 | 22.2 | 0.0
|
| Somerset | 16.3 | 16.8 | 20.5 | 23.5 | 23.8 | 0.0
|
| Suffolk | 15.8 | 19.8 | 19.8 | 19.3 | 18.7 | 2.0
|
| Surrey | 34.2 | 31.2 | 31.2 | 34.3 | 37.0 | 2.0
|
| Warwickshire | 14.8 | 14.6 | 18.0 | 19.9 | 16.1 | 0.0
|
| West Sussex | 21.8 | 22.7 | 21.5 | 23.6 | 26.2 | 3.0
|
| Total England | 1,767.6 | 1,788.1 | 1,866.5 | 1,928.7 | 1,954.4 | 176.0
|
Source:
Annual form 618G surveys of teachers in service and teacher vacancies.
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