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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.


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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

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
12 May 2006 : Column 602W
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.


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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

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



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