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All figures in the tables are exclusive of VAT. We would only be able to break down information from July 2004 at disproportionate cost.
5 July 2006 : Column 1120W
Bullying
Sarah Teather:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many incidents of homophobic bullying were recorded by (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each of the last five years. [82670]
Jim Knight:
We are unable to provide this information as we do not collect these data centrally. However, individual schools may record incidents of bullying, including homophobic bullying, and some local authorities keep records for their own area.
We take the issue of homophobic bullying in schools very seriously and we gave an undertaking in the White Paper, Higher Standards, Better Education for All to issue guidance on bullying motivated by prejudice, including homophobia.
During Anti Bullying week in 2004 we published Homophobia, Sexual Orientation and Schools: a review and implications for action, by the Thomas Coram Research Unit, which looked at three areas: behaviour and bullying; teaching and learning about sexual orientation and relationships; and employment issues. It collates, summarises and assesses both peer reviewed research material, from this country and abroad, and less formal work conducted by bodies active in this area. It reports the views of a wide range of organisations, 28 in all, with an interest in this area to paint a picture of how the issues are currently perceived. The report is available on the DfES website http://www.dfes.gov.uk/research and the findings will be used to inform future work in this area.
Children's Centres
Ann Coffey:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children's centres there are in each local authority area in England. [81872]
Beverley Hughes:
The number of Sure Start Children's Centres in each local authority area is listed in the following table:
Region | Local authority | Number of centres designated as at 30 June 2006 |
East of England
|
Bedfordshire
|
7
|
East of England
|
Cambridgeshire
|
3
|
East of England
|
Essex
|
9
|
East of England
|
Hertfordshire
|
6
|
East of England
|
Luton
|
9
|
East of England
|
Norfolk
|
11
|
East of England
|
Peterborough
|
5
|
East of England
|
Southend on Sea
|
3
|
East of England
|
Suffolk
|
6
|
East of England
|
Thurrock
|
3
|
East Midlands
|
Derby
|
4
|
East Midlands
|
Derbyshire
|
10
|
East Midlands
|
Leicester
|
9
|
East Midlands
|
Leicestershire
|
3
|
East Midlands
|
Lincolnshire
|
10
|
East Midlands
|
Northamptonshire
|
3
|
East Midlands
|
Nottingham City
|
3
|
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East Midlands
|
Nottinghamshire
|
16
|
East Midlands
|
Rutland
|
|
London
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
5
|
London
|
Barnet
|
1
|
London
|
Bexley
|
4
|
London
|
Brent
|
4
|
London
|
Bromley
|
1
|
London
|
Camden
|
9
|
London
|
Croydon
|
3
|
London
|
Ealing
|
10
|
London
|
Enfield
|
3
|
London
|
Greenwich
|
9
|
London
|
Hackney
|
5
|
London
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
5
|
London
|
Haringey
|
10
|
London
|
Harrow
|
1
|
London
|
Havering
|
|
London
|
Hillingdon
|
1
|
London
|
Hounslow
|
3
|
London
|
Islington
|
9
|
London
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
4
|
London
|
Kingston upon Thames
|
|
London
|
Lambeth
|
10
|
London
|
Lewisham
|
3
|
London
|
Merton
|
1
|
London
|
Newham
|
5
|
London
|
Redbridge
|
4
|
London
|
Richmond Upon Thames
|
|
London
|
Southwark
|
9
|
London
|
Sutton
|
1
|
London
|
Tower Hamlets
|
9
|
London
|
Waltham Forest
|
5
|
London
|
Wandsworth
|
3
|
London
|
Westminster
|
5
|
North East
|
Darlington
|
4
|
North East
|
Durham
|
16
|
North East
|
Gateshead
|
10
|
North East
|
Hartlepool
|
5
|
North East
|
Middlesbrough
|
8
|
North East
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
10
|
North East
|
North Tyneside
|
5
|
North East
|
Northumberland
|
9
|
North East
|
Redcar and Cleveland
|
6
|
North East
|
South Tyneside
|
7
|
North East
|
Stockton-on-Tees
|
4
|
North East
|
Sunderland
|
11
|
North West
|
Blackburn with Darwen
|
9
|
North West
|
Blackpool
|
6
|
North West
|
Bolton
|
5
|
North West
|
Bury
|
2
|
North West
|
Cheshire
|
5
|
North West
|
Cumbria
|
16
|
North West
|
Halton
|
5
|
North West
|
Knowsley
|
7
|
North West
|
Lancashire
|
30
|
North West
|
Liverpool
|
11
|
North West
|
Manchester
|
18
|
North West
|
Oldham
|
1
|
North West
|
Rochdale
|
3
|
North West
|
Salford
|
5
|
North West
|
Sefton
|
4
|
North West
|
St. Helens
|
5
|
North West
|
Stockport
|
1
|
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North West
|
Tameside
|
4
|
North West
|
Trafford
|
2
|
North West
|
Warrington
|
3
|
North West
|
Wigan
|
4
|
North West
|
Wirral
|
5
|
South East
|
Bracknell Forest
|
|
South East
|
Brighton and Hove
|
4
|
South East
|
Buckinghamshire
|
1
|
South East
|
East Sussex
|
6
|
South East
|
Hampshire
|
7
|
South East
|
Isle of Wight
|
5
|
South East
|
Kent
|
13
|
South East
|
Medway
|
4
|
South East
|
Milton Keynes
|
2
|
South East
|
Oxfordshire
|
4
|
South East
|
Portsmouth
|
6
|
South East
|
Reading
|
3
|
South East
|
Slough
|
3
|
South East
|
Southampton
|
4
|
South East
|
Surrey
|
3
|
South East
|
West Berkshire
|
|
South East
|
West Sussex
|
6
|
South East
|
Windsor and Maidenhead
|
|
South East
|
Wokingham
|
|
South West
|
Bath and North East Somerset
|
1
|
South West
|
Bournemouth
|
2
|
South West
|
Bristol, City of
|
9
|
South West
|
Cornwall
|
20
|
South West
|
Devon
|
6
|
South West
|
Dorset
|
4
|
South West
|
Gloucestershire
|
8
|
South West
|
North Somerset
|
1
|
South West
|
Plymouth
|
8
|
South West
|
Poole
|
|
South West
|
Somerset
|
14
|
South West
|
South Gloucestershire
|
|
South West
|
Swindon
|
3
|
South West
|
Torbay
|
2
|
South West
|
Wiltshire
|
|
West Midlands
|
Birmingham
|
18
|
West Midlands
|
Coventry
|
8
|
West Midlands
|
Dudley
|
4
|
West Midlands
|
Herefordshire
|
4
|
West Midlands
|
Sandwell
|
7
|
West Midlands
|
Shropshire
|
2
|
West Midlands
|
Solihull
|
3
|
West Midlands
|
Staffordshire
|
5
|
West Midlands
|
Stoke-on-Trent
|
8
|
West Midlands
|
Telford and Wrekin
|
6
|
West Midlands
|
Walsall
|
6
|
West Midlands
|
Warwickshire
|
9
|
West Midlands
|
Wolverhampton
|
8
|
West Midlands
|
Worcestershire
|
9
|
Yorkshire and Humberside
|
Barnsley
|
13
|
Yorkshire and Humberside
|
Bradford
|
7
|
Yorkshire and Humberside
|
Calderdale
|
4
|
Yorkshire and Humberside
|
Doncaster
|
14
|
Yorkshire and Humberside
|
East Riding of Yorkshire
|
4
|
Yorkshire and Humberside
|
Kingston upon Hull, City of
|
8
|
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Yorkshire and Humberside
|
Kirklees
|
6
|
Yorkshire and Humberside
|
Leeds
|
21
|
Yorkshire and Humberside
|
North East Lincolnshire
|
4
|
Yorkshire and Humberside
|
North Lincolnshire
|
6
|
Yorkshire and Humberside
|
North Yorkshire
|
4
|
Yorkshire and Humberside
|
Rotherham
|
7
|
Yorkshire and Humberside
|
Sheffield
|
11
|
Yorkshire and Humberside
|
Wakefield
|
4
|
Yorkshire and Humberside
|
York
|
|
Total
| |
867
|