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Specialist Schools
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his answer of 4 May 2005, Official Report, column 1764W, on specialist schools, if he will list the 45 specialist schools who select by aptitude; and what the specialism is of each. [69835]
Jim Knight [holding answer 11 May 2006]: The following table shows the names of the 45 specialist schools that select by aptitude and the specialism of each. These data were accurate as of the 1 September 2001; the Department no longer collects these data.
| Specialism | School | Local authority |
|
Arts (Perf)
|
Brentwood Ursuline Convent School
|
Essex
|
|
Arts (Visual)
|
Chestnut Grove School
|
Wandsworth
|
|
Arts (Perf)
|
Eastwood School (The)
|
Southend on Sea
|
|
Arts (Perf)
|
Intake High School
|
Leeds
|
|
Arts (Perf)
|
Latimer Community Arts College
|
Northamptonshire
|
|
Arts (Perf)
|
North Kesteven School
|
Lincolnshire
|
|
Arts
|
Springwood
|
Norfolk
|
|
Arts
|
St. Benedict
|
City of Derby
|
|
Arts (Perf)
|
St. Marylebone School (The)
|
Westminster
|
|
Arts (Perf)
|
Stantonbury Campus North
|
Milton Keynes
|
|
Language
|
Bohunt School
|
Hampshire
|
|
Language
|
Goffs
|
Hertfordshire
|
|
Language
|
Hendon School
|
Barnet, LB of
|
|
Language
|
Hockerill Anglo European Sch
|
Hertfordshire
|
|
Language
|
Kings Norton Girls
|
Birmingham
|
|
Language
|
Montsaye
|
Northamptonshire
|
|
Language
|
Robert Pattinson School
|
Lincolnshire
|
|
Sports
|
Oldfield School
|
Bath and NE Somerset
|
|
Sports
|
Southfields Community College
|
Wandsworth, LB of
|
|
Sports
|
The Deanes
|
Essex
|
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|
Sports
|
Whitefield School
|
Barnet, LB of
|
|
Technology
|
Archbishop Blanch School
|
Liverpool
|
|
Technology.
|
Archbishop Temple School
|
Lancashire
|
|
Technology
|
Budmouth Technology College
|
Dorset
|
|
Technology
|
Bushey Meads
|
Hertfordshire
|
|
Technology
|
Central School (The)
|
Lincolnshire
|
|
Technology
|
Chaucer Technology School
|
Kent
|
|
Technology
|
Cornwallis School
|
Kent
|
|
Technology
|
Deacon's School
|
Peterborough
|
|
Technology
|
Denbigh School
|
Milton Keynes
|
|
Technology
|
George Spencer GM School
|
Nottinghamshire
|
|
Technology
|
Glyn Technology School
|
Surrey
|
|
Technology
|
Heathside School
|
Surrey
|
|
Technology
|
Lodge Park School
|
Northamptonshire
|
|
Technology
|
Lynn Grove VA High School
|
Norfolk
|
|
Technology
|
Mill Hill County High School
|
Barnet, LB of
|
|
Technology
|
Monks' Dyke Technology College
|
Lincolnshire
|
|
Technology
|
Moseley Park School
|
Wolverhampton
|
|
Technology
|
Ninestiles School
|
Birmingham
|
|
Technology
|
Philip Morant School
|
Essex
|
|
Technology
|
Princes Risborough School
|
Buckinghamshire
|
|
Technology
|
Sandwich Technology School
|
Kent
|
|
Technology
|
Small Heath School
|
Birmingham
|
|
Technology
|
St. Margaret's C of E High School
|
Liverpool
|
|
Technology
|
St. Martin's School
|
Essex
|
Health
Addictions
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the number of people with (a) a gambling addiction, (b) an alcohol addiction and (c) a drug addiction in each region in each of the last five years. [66466]
Caroline Flint:The Department's current estimate is that 0.6 per cent. of the adult population are problem gamblers. This figure is drawn from the most recent authoritative research: Kerry Sproston, Bob Erens and Jim Orford (2000): “Gambling Behaviour in Britain: Results from the British Gambling Prevalence Study” (National Centre for Social Research, June 2000). This research was conducted using a sample of addresses selected at random. It is not possible therefore to give figures by region.
During the coming year, and before the Gambling Act 2005 is implemented, the Gambling Commission will be conducting new research into the prevalence of problem gambling.
The Department's 2004 alcohol needs assessment research project (ANARP) is the first alcohol needs assessment in England conducted on a national scale, and reports there are 1.1 million people in England who meet the criteria of alcohol dependence. The regional breakdown is shown in table 1.
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| Table 1 |
| Region | Total |
|
North East
|
83,356
|
|
North West
|
145,054
|
|
Yorkshire and Number
|
163,889
|
|
East Midlands
|
42,656
|
|
West Midlands
|
126,658
|
|
East of England
|
95,808
|
|
London
|
217,429
|
|
South East
|
183,611
|
|
South West
|
95,257
|
|
Total for England
|
1,132,074
|
The Department does not hold data for the numbers of those with a drug dependency in the format
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requested but we can provide the following data on the prevalence of drug dependence.
Data on drug dependence are available from the survey Psychiatric Morbidity Among Adults (aged 16 to 74) Living in Private Households (in Great Britain) carried out in 2000, by the Office for National Statistics.
The latest data available from the drug survey are shown in table two. The same information is not held for those with a gambling addiction.
Table two provides the prevalence of drug dependence of adults aged 16 to 74 by NHS regional office area, based on responses to five questions, about drug use in the year prior to interview.
| NHS regional areas |
| | Northern and Yorkshire | Trent | West Midlands | North West | Eastern | London |
| Rates per thousand in past year | | | | | | |
| Women |
|
Dependence on...
| | | | | |
|
Cannabis
|
18
|
4
|
1
|
14
|
24
|
46
|
|
Amphetamines
|
1
|
2
|
—
|
4
|
5
|
—
|
|
Cocaine
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
4
|
—
|
1
|
|
Crack
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2
|
|
Ecstasy
|
5
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
9
|
2
|
|
Heroin/Methadone
|
1
|
4
|
—
|
3
|
—
|
—
|
|
Tranquillisers
|
2
|
2
|
—
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
|
Volatile substances
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Cannabis only
|
17
| |
1
|
14
|
16
|
43
|
|
Other drug(s) with or without cannabis dependence
|
7
|
10
|
—
|
10
|
12
|
7
|
|
Any drug dependence
|
24
|
10
|
1
|
25
|
27
|
50
|
|
Base
|
528
|
414
|
405
|
559
|
435
|
490
|
| | | | | | | |
|
Men
| | | | | | |
|
Dependence on...
| | | | | | |
|
Cannabis
|
31
|
32
|
30
|
68
|
27
|
37
|
|
Amphetamines
|
7
|
—
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
13
|
|
Cocaine
|
—
|
8
|
—
|
13
|
4
|
7
|
|
Crack
|
—
|
7
|
—
|
—
|
4
|
2
|
|
Ecstasy
|
3
|
10
|
10
|
12
|
4
|
5
|
|
Heroin/Methadone
|
1
|
2
|
7
|
4
|
—
|
4
|
|
Tranquillisers
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
7
|
—
|
4
|
|
Volatile substances
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Cannabis only
|
22
|
27
|
22
|
54
|
23
|
33
|
|
Other drug(s) with or without cannabis dependence
|
13
|
12
|
18
|
20
|
19
|
19
|
|
Any drug dependence
|
34
|
39
|
40
|
74
|
41
|
52
|
|
Base
|
430
|
332
|
333
|
427
|
388
|
385
|
| | | | | | | |
|
All Adults
| | | | | | |
|
Dependence on...
| | | | | | |
|
Cannabis
|
25
|
18
|
16
|
41
|
26
|
41
|
|
Amphetamines
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
7
|
|
Cocaine
|
1
|
—
|
4
|
2
|
7
|
3
|
|
Crack
|
1
|
—
|
3
|
—
|
—
|
3
|
|
Ecstasy
|
4
|
6
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
4
|
|
Heroin/Methadone
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
—
|
2
|
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|
Tranquillisers
|
2
|
1
|
—
|
6
|
1
|
4
|
|
Volatile substances
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Cannabis only
|
19
|
13
|
12
|
34
|
19
|
38
|
|
Other drug(s) with or without cannabis dependence
|
10
|
11
|
9
|
15
|
15
|
13
|
|
Any drug dependence
|
29
|
24
|
21
|
49
|
34
|
51
|
|
Base
|
958
|
746
|
738
|
986
|
823
|
875
|
| | South East | South West | England | Wales | Scotland | All |
|
All Adults
| | | | | | |
|
Dependence on...
| | | | | | |
|
Cannabis
|
13
|
1
|
16
|
12
|
18
|
16
|
|
Amphetamines
|
2
|
—
|
2
|
3
|
10
|
3
|
|
Cocaine
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
3
|
1
|
|
Crack
|
—
|
—
|
0
|
—
|
3
|
1
|
|
Ecstasy
|
—
|
—
|
2
|
—
|
13
|
3
|
|
Heroin/Methadone
|
—
|
1
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
|
Tranquillisers
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
—
|
2
|
|
Volatile substances
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
| | |
|
Cannabis only
|
11
|
1
|
14
|
12
|
11
|
14
|
|
Other drug(s) with or without cannabis dependence
|
5
|
4
|
7
|
3
|
16
|
7
|
|
Any drug dependence
|
16
|
5
|
21
|
15
|
27
|
21
|
|
Base
|
722
|
432
|
3,985
|
213
|
505
|
4,703
|
| | | | | | | |
|
Men
| | | | | | |
|
Dependence on...
| | | | | | |
|
Cannabis
|
58
|
51
|
43
|
30
|
83
|
46
|
|
Amphetamines
|
8
|
—
|
5
|
—
|
12
|
5
|
|
Cocaine
|
2
|
4
|
—
|
—
|
4
| |
|
Crack
|
—
|
2
|
—
|
—
|
2
| |
|
Ecstasy
|
17
|
9
|
9
|
—
|
10
|
9
|
|
Heroin/Methadone
|
—
|
—
|
2
|
—
|
—
|
2
|
|
Tranquillisers
|
1
|
—
|
2
|
—
|
—
|
2
|
|
Volatile substances
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1 0
| |
|
Cannabis only
|
41
|
39
|
34
|
30
|
72
|
37
|
|
Other drug(s) with or without cannabis dependence
|
23
|
11
|
17
|
—
|
22
|
17
|
| | | | | | | |
|
Any drug dependence
|
65
|
51
|
51
|
30
|
94
|
54
|
|
Base
|
578
|
356
|
3229
|
194
|
415
|
3,838
|
|
All Adults
|
36
|
25
|
30
|
21
|
50
|
31
|
|
Dependence on...
|
5
|
—
|
3
|
1
|
11
|
4
|
|
Cannabis
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
—
|
1
|
2
|
|
Amphetamines
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
1
|
|
Cocaine
|
9
|
5
|
6
|
—
|
11
|
6
|
|
Crack
|
—
|
1
|
2
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
|
Ecstasy
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
—
|
2
|
|
Heroin/Methadone
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
0
|
|
Tranquillisers
|
26
|
20
|
24
|
21
|
41
|
25
|
|
Volatile substances
|
14
|
7
|
12
|
1
|
19
|
12
|
|
Cannabis only
|
41
|
27
|
36
|
23
|
60
|
37
|
|
Other drug(s) with or without cannabis dependence
|
1,300
|
788
|
7,214
|
407
|
920
|
8,541
|
