House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 13 Jul 2004 (pt 31)

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Nursery Places

Richard Ottaway: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what progress he has made with the London borough of Croydon in meeting the statutory obligation to provide free nursery places for all three-year-olds. [183173]

Margaret Hodge: My officials have been working closely with local authority officers with a view to ensuring that the authority meets its statutory responsibilities. As a result of those discussions I can confirm that all three-year-olds in Croydon will benefit from the free entitlement to a part-time early education place.

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Residential Bursaries (Low Income Earners)

Mr. Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of funding previously earmarked for residential bursaries for low income earners to comply with the Care Standards Act 2000 is being diverted to the education maintenance allowance. [180933]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: None of the funding for residential bursaries, including that to comply with the Care Standards Act 2000, is being diverted to the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA). Residential bursaries form part of Learner Support funding. This funding is targeted at those in greatest need. It is entirely separate and is available, along with EMAs, in respect of the assessed needs of individuals.

School Building

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2004, Official Report, column 710W, on schools (capital investment), what mechanism will be used to scale back the bids for capital funding for Building Schools for the Future if the aggregate value of the outline business cases exceed the total funding available. [182513]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: Partnerships for Schools is working with the projects in wave 1 to ensure that their value does not exceed the funding available. Partnerships for Schools is considering the scope of each project case-by-case, and will take into account a number of factors, such as the overall budget, value for money, educational impact of the projects, and our area guidelines.

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) new schools, (b) replacement schools and (c) refurbished schools are to be provided in each of the Pathfinder and Wave One Building Schools for the Future projects. [182517]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: The projects in Wave One of Building Schools for the Future, including the pathfinders, are at various stages of developing their outline business cases. The authorities will not, therefore, have finalised how many new, replacement or refurbished schools each will provide, having regard to value for money.

Science Learning Centres

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many universities have been selected to be part of his Department's initiative with the Wellcome Trust to create a national network of science learning centres; and how much each university has received; [183617]

(2) how much funding the Wellcome Trust has contributed towards the initiative to create a national network of science learning centres. [183618]

Alan Johnson: The National Network of Science Learning Centres is a £51 million joint initiative developed by the Department of Education and Skills and the Wellcome Trust. The Department for Education and Skills is contributing £26 million funding for the nine regional centres and the Welcome Trust is providing up to £25 million to fund the National Centre.

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Management of 9 of the centres is led by a university or consortium of universities.

Each regional centre will receive between £2.1 million and £3.2million, according to the size of the region, over a 5-year funding period. The National Centre will receive funding for up to 10 years.

More information is available from the website www.sciencelearningcentres.org.uk.

Secure Homes

Mr. McWalter: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of secure homes for children, with particular reference to the proposed closure of Stamford House Children's Secure Home; and if he will make a statement. [181097]

Margaret Hodge: We have been working closely, both with the Youth Justice Board and the Association of Directors of Social Services, to consider the implications for secure children's homes of the results of the Youth Justice Board's re-tendering exercise. We have examined the extent to which these homes will be used by the Youth Justice Board over the next two to five years for the placement of children through the youth justice system.

We understand that the Brunel unit and Stamford House have closed, and that a few others may close, on the basis that they will no longer be viable. That is why we have looked very closely at the demand for welfare placements to ensure that there are sufficient beds across the country for children who need to be placed in a secure children's home for welfare reasons.

The information we have gathered on actual bed usage through the Secure Accommodation Network suggests that there should be sufficient capacity within the system.

We have also carried out, jointly with the Association of Directors of Social Services, a survey of local authorities to gauge any hidden demand for welfare placements in secure children's homes. The response to this survey was disappointing, which may in itself demonstrate that unmet need is not a widespread concern to local authorities. Of the 22 responses received, only a small minority expressed concern about unmet need.

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Special Educational Needs

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what measures are in place to regulate schools' admissions policy in relation to children with special educational needs. [182323]

Margaret Hodge: School admission policies must have regard to the School Admissions Code of Practice. The code makes clear that children with special educational needs (SEN), but without a statement, must be treated as fairly as other applicants. Where a child has a statement of SEN that names the school, the governors of the school are under a duty to admit the child. If, however, a school is named in a child's statement and the governors refuse to admit the child, the child's parents or the local education authority maintaining the child's statement can make a complaint to the Secretary of State.

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the proportion of appeals against admissions decisions which are made in relation to children with special educational needs. [182326]

Margaret Hodge [holding answer 5 July 2004]: Admission appeals on behalf of children who have special educational needs (SEN) but do not have statements are considered in the same way as admission appeals on behalf of children who do not have SEN. In 2002/03, for all maintained primary and secondary schools, parents lodged 91,430 appeals against non-admission of their children. There is no separate assessment of the number of appeals made in relation to children with SEN.

Parents of children who have statements of SEN can appeal to the SEN and Disability Tribunal about the school named in their child's statement. In 2002/03, there were:

339 appeals solely against the school/type of school named in children's statements (11.2 per cent. of the total number of appeals);

56 appeals against refusal to change the name of a school and five against failure to name a school; and

774 appeals against the needs and provision, including the school or type of school specified in statements.

Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many secondary school pupils were identified as having special educational needs as a proportion of the total school population in each local education authority in the last period for which figures are available. [183160]

Margaret Hodge: The information requested is shown in the following table.
Maintained secondary schools⁽³³⁾: Number of pupils with special educational needs (SEN), January 2004 (provisional) 2, by local education authority and Government Office Region in England

Maintained secondary

Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage⁽³⁵⁾ SEN pupils without statements Percentage⁽³⁶⁾

England 3,308,400 78,000 2.4 447,800 13.5

North East 179,200 4,200 2.3 24,500 13.7

Darlington 6,400 100 1.8 800 12.5

Durham 33,000 1,000 3.0 4,700 14.2

Gateshead 12,000 200 1.7 1,300 10.8

Hartlepool 6,700 100 1.5 1,200 17.9

Middlesbrough 5,800 200 3.4 1,000 17.2

Newcastle upon Tyne 17,500 300 1.7 2,500 14.3

North Tyneside 13,800 300 2.2 2,000 14.5

Northumberland 30,600 800 2.6 3,000 9.8

Redcar and Cleveland 10,300 200 1.9 2,000 19.4

South Tyneside 10,300 200 1.9 1,000 9.7

Stockton-on-Tees 12,900 300 2.3 1,400 10.9

Sunderland 20,000 500 2.5 3,500 17.5

North West 472,700 11,500 2.4 59,800 12.7

Blackburn with Darwen 9,600 200 2.1 1,800 18.8

Blackpool 8,800 200 2.3 1,400 15.9

Bolton 19,900 700 3.5 3,500 17.6

Bury 12,000 400 3.3 1,500 12.5

Cheshire 47,700 1,300 2.7 4,000 8.4

Cumbria 35,300 700 2.0 3,900 11.0

Halton 8,300 300 3.6 1,200 14.5

Knowsley 10,200 200 2.0 2,000 19.6

Lancashire 76,700 2,200 2.9 8,600 11.2

Liverpool 33,500 500 1.5 6,000 17.9

Manchester 23,700 500 2.1 3,600 15.2

Oldham 16,800 200 1.2 1,600 9.5

Rochdale 14,400 300 2.1 1,600 11.1

Salford 12,700 200 1.6 1,900 15.0

Sefton 21,200 400 1.9 3,000 14.2

St. Helens 12,200 300 2.5 1,500 12.3

Stockport 17,100 400 2.3 2,300 13.5

Tameside 16,000 400 2.5 2,100 13.1

Trafford 16,400 200 1.2 1,800 11.0

Warrington 14,100 400 2.8 1,200 8.5

Wigan 21,400 700 3.3 2,800 13.1

Wirral 24,700 600 2.4 2,600 10.5

Yorkshire and the Humber 349,500 9,000 2.6 45,100 12.9

Barnsley 13,700 300 2.2 2,100 15.3

Bradford 34,700 900 2.6 5,800 16.7

Calderdale 15,400 400 2.6 1,500 9.7

Doncaster 21,900 700 3.2 2,300 10.5

East Riding of Yorkshire 23,500 500 2.1 2,500 10.6

Kingston Upon Hull, City of 16,200 300 1.9 2,300 14.2

Kirklees 26,800 900 3.4 3,300 12.3

Leeds 48,100 1,400 2.9 5,200 10.8

North East Lincolnshire 11,700 400 3.4 2,200 18.8

North Lincolnshire 10,900 400 3.7 1,900 17.4

North Yorkshire 41,600 900 2.2 3,900 9.4

Rotherham 20,400 600 2.9 2,900 14.2

Sheffield 31,600 500 1.6 5,400 17.1

Wakefield 22,400 400 1.8 2,400 10.7

York 10,500 200 1.9 1,500 14.3

East Midlands 297,300 7,000 2.4 38,900 13.1

Derby 15,500 500 3.2 2,200 14.2

Derbyshire 50,500 1,700 3.4 4,900 9.7

Leicester 18,300 600 3.3 3,700 20.2

Leicestershire 46,800 1,400 3.0 4,200 9.0

Lincolnshire 47,400 1,200 2.5 5,900 12.4

Northamptonshire 47,400 1,100 2.3 8,500 17.9

Nottingham 13,900 100 0.7 2,700 19.4

Nottinghamshire 55,100 200 0.4 6,700 12.2

Rutland 2,400 100 4.2 200 8.3

West Midlands 380,400 9,900 2.6 50,800 13.4

Birmingham 71,200 1,600 2.2 10,200 14.3

Coventry 21,500 400 1.9 3,800 17.7

Dudley 20,900 300 1.4 3,000 14.4

Herefordshire 10,500 400 3.8 1,600 15.2

Sandwell 20,000 500 2.5 3,200 16.0

Shropshire 18,300 600 3.3 2,200 12.0

Solihull 15,800 300 1.9 1,800 11.4

Staffordshire 62,400 2,200 3.5 5,900 9.5

Stoke-on-Trent 15,200 500 3.3 2,700 17.8

Telford and Wrekin 10,600 500 4.7 1,400 13.2

Walsall 21,500 500 2.3 2,600 12.1

Warwickshire 34,200 900 2.6 5,100 14.9

Wolverhampton 17,000 400 2.4 1,800 10.6

Worcestershire 41,200 800 1.9 5,400 13.1

East of England 387,100 7,900 2.0 48,500 12.5

Bedfordshire 37,800 900 2.4 5,100 13.5

Cambridgeshire 32,700 1,000 3.1 3,700 11.3

Essex 90,700 1,400 1.5 10,600 11.7

Hertfordshire 79,300 900 1.1 8,900 11.2

Luton 12,400 300 2.4 2,000 16.1

Norfolk 46,200 1,200 2.6 6,700 14.5

Peterborough 12,800 400 3.1 2,100 16.4

Southend-on-Sea 12,200 200 1.6 1,400 11.5

Suffolk 54,400 1,600 2.9 6,500 11.9

Thurrock 8,600 200 2.3 1,500 17.4

London 420,200 10,600 2.5 68,800 16.4

Inner London 126,100 3,700 2.9 24,900 19.7

Camden 9,700 300 3.1 1,400 14.4

City of London n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Hackney 7,400 200 2.7 1,600 21.6

Hammersmith and Fulham 7,200 200 2.8 1,300 18.1

Haringey 11,300 300 2.7 2,800 24.8

Islington 7,900 200 2.5 1,800 22.8

Kensington and Chelsea 3,500 100 2.9 600 17.1

Lambeth 7,800 200 2.6 1,800 23.1

Lewisham 11,600 300 2.6 1,800 15.5

Newham 18,100 600 3.3 3,300 18.2

Southwark 10,000 300 3.0 2,800 28.0

Tower Hamlets 12,900 500 3.9 1,800 14.0

Wandsworth 10,300 300 2.9 2,400 23.3

Westminster 8,400 200 2.4 1,500 17.9

Outer London 294,100 6,900 2.3 43,900 14.9

Barking and Dagenham 12,100 300 2.5 1,900 15.7

Barnet 21,200 500 2.4 3,100 14.6

Bexley 18,000 400 2.2 2,500 13.9

Brent 15,900 400 2.5 2,200 13.8

Bromley 22,200 600 2.7 2,700 12.2

Croydon 18,700 300 1.6 3,200 17.1

Ealing 15,000 300 2.0 2,900 19.3

Enfield 21,600 400 1.9 4,200 19.4

Greenwich 14,400 500 3.5 3,200 22.2

Harrow 9,100 300 3.3 1,900 20.9

Havering 16,500 400 2.4 1,200 7.3

Hillingdon 17,800 500 2.8 1,600 9.0

Hounslow 16,700 500 3.0 2,900 17.4

Kingston upon Thames 9,300 100 1.1 1,100 11.8

Merton 8,600 300 3.5 1,400 16.3

Redbridge 20,000 300 1.5 2,500 12.5

Richmond upon Thames 7,400 300 4.1 900 12.2

Sutton 15,700 300 1.9 1,400 8.9

Waltham Forest 13,900 400 2.9 3,100 22.3

South East 511,800 10,500 2.1 74,800 14.6

Bracknell Forest 6,100 100 1.6 700 11.5

Brighton and Hove 12,400 200 1.6 1,800 14.5

Buckinghamshire 34,600 600 1.7 3,500 10.1

East Sussex 28,900 600 2.1 4,300 14.9

Hampshire 72,700 800 1.1 10,800 14.9

Isle of Wight 12,200 300 2.5 1,900 15.6

Kent 98,100 2,300 2.3 16,800 17.1

Medway 20,700 500 2.4 4,200 20.3

Milton Keynes 12,900 300 2.3 1,800 14.0

Oxfordshire 38,100 900 2.4 4,700 12.3

Portsmouth 10,100 100 1.0 2,100 20.8

Reading 6,200 200 3.2 600 9.7

Slough 8,400 200 2.4 1,400 16.7

Southampton 12,200 100 0.8 3,100 25.4

Surrey 59,500 1,200 2.0 8,400 14.1

West Berkshire 12,200 300 2.5 1,300 10.7

West Sussex 45,000 1,200 2.7 5,000 11.1

Windsor and Maidenhead 10,500 300 2.9 1,200 11.4

Wokingham 11,000 300 2.7 1,200 10.9

South West 310,200 7,300 2.4 36,400 11.7

Bath and North East Somerset 12,400 300 2.4 1,000 8.1

Bournemouth 10,000 100 1.0 1,400 14.0

Bristol, City of 15,700 400 2.5 2,700 17.2

Cornwall 33,100 1,400 4.2 4,600 13.9

Devon 42,300 900 2.1 4,100 9.7

Dorset 25,100 500 2.0 3,500 13.9

Gloucestershire 40,300 1,000 2.5 5,200 12.9

Isles of Scilly n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

North Somerset 3,200 100 3.1 500 15.6

Plymouth 19,000 500 2.6 2,000 10.5

Poole 8,600 100 1.2 1,200 14.0

Somerset 33,400 500 1.5 3,200 9.6

South Gloucestershire 17,000 400 2.4 2,000 11.8

Swindon 11,600 200 1.7 1,400 12.1

Torbay 9,200 200 2.2 1,000 10.9

Wiltshire 29,200 600 2.1 2,800 9.6

n/a = Not applicable, no schools of this type.
⁽³³⁾ Includes middle schools as deemed.
⁽³⁴⁾ Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100.
⁽³⁵⁾ Number of pupils with statements of SEN expressed as a percentage of total number of pupils. Excludes dually registered pupils.
⁽³⁶⁾ Number of SEN pupils without statement expressed as a percentage of total number of pupils. Excludes dually registered pupils.
Source:
Annual Schools' Census

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	Maintained secondary
	Total pupils	Pupils with statements	Percentage⁽³⁵⁾	SEN pupils without statements	Percentage⁽³⁶⁾
England	3,308,400	78,000	2.4	447,800	13.5

North East	179,200	4,200	2.3	24,500	13.7
Darlington	6,400	100	1.8	800	12.5
Durham	33,000	1,000	3.0	4,700	14.2
Gateshead	12,000	200	1.7	1,300	10.8
Hartlepool	6,700	100	1.5	1,200	17.9
Middlesbrough	5,800	200	3.4	1,000	17.2
Newcastle upon Tyne	17,500	300	1.7	2,500	14.3
North Tyneside	13,800	300	2.2	2,000	14.5
Northumberland	30,600	800	2.6	3,000	9.8
Redcar and Cleveland	10,300	200	1.9	2,000	19.4
South Tyneside	10,300	200	1.9	1,000	9.7
Stockton-on-Tees	12,900	300	2.3	1,400	10.9
Sunderland	20,000	500	2.5	3,500	17.5

North West	472,700	11,500	2.4	59,800	12.7
Blackburn with Darwen	9,600	200	2.1	1,800	18.8
Blackpool	8,800	200	2.3	1,400	15.9
Bolton	19,900	700	3.5	3,500	17.6
Bury	12,000	400	3.3	1,500	12.5
Cheshire	47,700	1,300	2.7	4,000	8.4
Cumbria	35,300	700	2.0	3,900	11.0
Halton	8,300	300	3.6	1,200	14.5
Knowsley	10,200	200	2.0	2,000	19.6
Lancashire	76,700	2,200	2.9	8,600	11.2
Liverpool	33,500	500	1.5	6,000	17.9
Manchester	23,700	500	2.1	3,600	15.2
Oldham	16,800	200	1.2	1,600	9.5
Rochdale	14,400	300	2.1	1,600	11.1
Salford	12,700	200	1.6	1,900	15.0
Sefton	21,200	400	1.9	3,000	14.2
St. Helens	12,200	300	2.5	1,500	12.3
Stockport	17,100	400	2.3	2,300	13.5
Tameside	16,000	400	2.5	2,100	13.1
Trafford	16,400	200	1.2	1,800	11.0
Warrington	14,100	400	2.8	1,200	8.5
Wigan	21,400	700	3.3	2,800	13.1
Wirral	24,700	600	2.4	2,600	10.5

Yorkshire and the Humber	349,500	9,000	2.6	45,100	12.9
Barnsley	13,700	300	2.2	2,100	15.3
Bradford	34,700	900	2.6	5,800	16.7
Calderdale	15,400	400	2.6	1,500	9.7
Doncaster	21,900	700	3.2	2,300	10.5
East Riding of Yorkshire	23,500	500	2.1	2,500	10.6
Kingston Upon Hull, City of	16,200	300	1.9	2,300	14.2
Kirklees	26,800	900	3.4	3,300	12.3
Leeds	48,100	1,400	2.9	5,200	10.8
North East Lincolnshire	11,700	400	3.4	2,200	18.8
North Lincolnshire	10,900	400	3.7	1,900	17.4
North Yorkshire	41,600	900	2.2	3,900	9.4
Rotherham	20,400	600	2.9	2,900	14.2
Sheffield	31,600	500	1.6	5,400	17.1
Wakefield	22,400	400	1.8	2,400	10.7
York	10,500	200	1.9	1,500	14.3

East Midlands	297,300	7,000	2.4	38,900	13.1
Derby	15,500	500	3.2	2,200	14.2
Derbyshire	50,500	1,700	3.4	4,900	9.7
Leicester	18,300	600	3.3	3,700	20.2
Leicestershire	46,800	1,400	3.0	4,200	9.0
Lincolnshire	47,400	1,200	2.5	5,900	12.4
Northamptonshire	47,400	1,100	2.3	8,500	17.9
Nottingham	13,900	100	0.7	2,700	19.4
Nottinghamshire	55,100	200	0.4	6,700	12.2
Rutland	2,400	100	4.2	200	8.3

West Midlands	380,400	9,900	2.6	50,800	13.4
Birmingham	71,200	1,600	2.2	10,200	14.3
Coventry	21,500	400	1.9	3,800	17.7
Dudley	20,900	300	1.4	3,000	14.4
Herefordshire	10,500	400	3.8	1,600	15.2
Sandwell	20,000	500	2.5	3,200	16.0
Shropshire	18,300	600	3.3	2,200	12.0
Solihull	15,800	300	1.9	1,800	11.4
Staffordshire	62,400	2,200	3.5	5,900	9.5
Stoke-on-Trent	15,200	500	3.3	2,700	17.8
Telford and Wrekin	10,600	500	4.7	1,400	13.2
Walsall	21,500	500	2.3	2,600	12.1
Warwickshire	34,200	900	2.6	5,100	14.9
Wolverhampton	17,000	400	2.4	1,800	10.6
Worcestershire	41,200	800	1.9	5,400	13.1

East of England	387,100	7,900	2.0	48,500	12.5
Bedfordshire	37,800	900	2.4	5,100	13.5
Cambridgeshire	32,700	1,000	3.1	3,700	11.3
Essex	90,700	1,400	1.5	10,600	11.7
Hertfordshire	79,300	900	1.1	8,900	11.2
Luton	12,400	300	2.4	2,000	16.1
Norfolk	46,200	1,200	2.6	6,700	14.5
Peterborough	12,800	400	3.1	2,100	16.4
Southend-on-Sea	12,200	200	1.6	1,400	11.5
Suffolk	54,400	1,600	2.9	6,500	11.9
Thurrock	8,600	200	2.3	1,500	17.4

London	420,200	10,600	2.5	68,800	16.4
Inner London	126,100	3,700	2.9	24,900	19.7
Camden	9,700	300	3.1	1,400	14.4
City of London	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Hackney	7,400	200	2.7	1,600	21.6
Hammersmith and Fulham	7,200	200	2.8	1,300	18.1
Haringey	11,300	300	2.7	2,800	24.8
Islington	7,900	200	2.5	1,800	22.8
Kensington and Chelsea	3,500	100	2.9	600	17.1
Lambeth	7,800	200	2.6	1,800	23.1
Lewisham	11,600	300	2.6	1,800	15.5
Newham	18,100	600	3.3	3,300	18.2
Southwark	10,000	300	3.0	2,800	28.0
Tower Hamlets	12,900	500	3.9	1,800	14.0
Wandsworth	10,300	300	2.9	2,400	23.3
Westminster	8,400	200	2.4	1,500	17.9

Outer London	294,100	6,900	2.3	43,900	14.9
Barking and Dagenham	12,100	300	2.5	1,900	15.7
Barnet	21,200	500	2.4	3,100	14.6
Bexley	18,000	400	2.2	2,500	13.9
Brent	15,900	400	2.5	2,200	13.8
Bromley	22,200	600	2.7	2,700	12.2
Croydon	18,700	300	1.6	3,200	17.1
Ealing	15,000	300	2.0	2,900	19.3
Enfield	21,600	400	1.9	4,200	19.4
Greenwich	14,400	500	3.5	3,200	22.2
Harrow	9,100	300	3.3	1,900	20.9
Havering	16,500	400	2.4	1,200	7.3
Hillingdon	17,800	500	2.8	1,600	9.0
Hounslow	16,700	500	3.0	2,900	17.4
Kingston upon Thames	9,300	100	1.1	1,100	11.8
Merton	8,600	300	3.5	1,400	16.3
Redbridge	20,000	300	1.5	2,500	12.5
Richmond upon Thames	7,400	300	4.1	900	12.2
Sutton	15,700	300	1.9	1,400	8.9
Waltham Forest	13,900	400	2.9	3,100	22.3

South East	511,800	10,500	2.1	74,800	14.6
Bracknell Forest	6,100	100	1.6	700	11.5
Brighton and Hove	12,400	200	1.6	1,800	14.5
Buckinghamshire	34,600	600	1.7	3,500	10.1
East Sussex	28,900	600	2.1	4,300	14.9
Hampshire	72,700	800	1.1	10,800	14.9
Isle of Wight	12,200	300	2.5	1,900	15.6
Kent	98,100	2,300	2.3	16,800	17.1
Medway	20,700	500	2.4	4,200	20.3
Milton Keynes	12,900	300	2.3	1,800	14.0
Oxfordshire	38,100	900	2.4	4,700	12.3
Portsmouth	10,100	100	1.0	2,100	20.8
Reading	6,200	200	3.2	600	9.7
Slough	8,400	200	2.4	1,400	16.7
Southampton	12,200	100	0.8	3,100	25.4
Surrey	59,500	1,200	2.0	8,400	14.1
West Berkshire	12,200	300	2.5	1,300	10.7
West Sussex	45,000	1,200	2.7	5,000	11.1
Windsor and Maidenhead	10,500	300	2.9	1,200	11.4
Wokingham	11,000	300	2.7	1,200	10.9

South West	310,200	7,300	2.4	36,400	11.7
Bath and North East Somerset	12,400	300	2.4	1,000	8.1
Bournemouth	10,000	100	1.0	1,400	14.0
Bristol, City of	15,700	400	2.5	2,700	17.2
Cornwall	33,100	1,400	4.2	4,600	13.9
Devon	42,300	900	2.1	4,100	9.7
Dorset	25,100	500	2.0	3,500	13.9
Gloucestershire	40,300	1,000	2.5	5,200	12.9
Isles of Scilly	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
North Somerset	3,200	100	3.1	500	15.6
Plymouth	19,000	500	2.6	2,000	10.5
Poole	8,600	100	1.2	1,200	14.0
Somerset	33,400	500	1.5	3,200	9.6
South Gloucestershire	17,000	400	2.4	2,000	11.8
Swindon	11,600	200	1.7	1,400	12.1
Torbay	9,200	200	2.2	1,000	10.9
Wiltshire	29,200	600	2.1	2,800	9.6

Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on funding for special needs education in Coventry, South. [182372]

Margaret Hodge: Coventry Local Education Authority reported that its planned net spend on special educational needs provision in Coventry in 2003–04 was £22,373,000.

We do not have a separate breakdown for the planned expenditure in Coventry, South.

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