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These tables were published as part of the recent Statistical First Release on exclusions which can be found at:
Pupil Exclusions: Appeals
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of appeals against permanent exclusion were decided in favour of parents in each year since 1990-91; and if he will make a statement. [149146]
Kevin Brennan:
The available information is contained in the following table. The relevant data has been italicised.
| Maintained primary, secondary and special schools( 1) : summary of exclusion appeals, England, 1997/98 to 2005/06 |
| | Appeals against exclusion from a school |
| | 1997/98 | 1998/99 | 1999/2000 | 2000/01 | 2001/02 | 2002/03 | 2003/04 | 2004/05 | 2005/06 |
|
Number of appeals lodged
|
1,290
|
1,220
|
950
|
1,100
|
1,130
|
1,070
|
1,130
|
1,090
|
1,060
|
|
Number of appeals heard
|
1,010
|
960
|
860
|
980
|
1,060
|
990
|
1,050
|
1,030
|
980
|
|
Percentage of appeals heard(2)
|
78.6
|
79.3
|
91.0
|
89.8
|
94.2
|
92.2
|
92.8
|
94.8
|
92.8
|
|
Number of appeals determined in favour of the parent/pupil
|
200
|
220
|
320
|
310
|
260
|
210
|
220
|
220
|
240
|
|
Percentage of appeals determined in favour of the parent/pupil( 3)
|
20.2
|
22.8
|
36.7
|
31.9
|
24.4
|
21.1
|
21.2
|
21.5
|
24.1
|
|
Number of successful appeals where reinstatement was directed
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
150
|
130
|
110
|
130
|
|
Percentage of successful appeals where reinstatement was directed(4)
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
71.3
|
57.0
|
49.1
|
55.5
|
n/a = Not available.
(1) Excludes non-maintained special schools.
(2) Shown as a percentage of appeals lodged.
(3) Shown as a percentage of appeals heard.
(4) Shown as a percentage of appeals determined in favour of the parent/pupil.
Note:
Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
School Exclusion Appeals Survey.
|
This table was published as part of the recent Statistical First Release on exclusions which can be found at:
Information is not available back to 1990/91. Data were collected in 1995/96 and 1996/97 but not published as part of the most recent Statistical First Release.
Pupils: Intimidation
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the Prime Minister’s answer of 4 July 2007, Official Report, column 956, what the basis was for the Prime Minister’s statement that the additional funding for ChildLine would be spread over two years; and if he will make a statement. [150513]
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Ed Balls:
The Government plan to provide the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children with a £30 million grant to help the NSPCC update and expand its helpline services, including ChildLine, which support vulnerable children and help keep them safe from abuse. The grant will in fact be spread over the next four years.
School Meals: Take-Up
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of children in English schools took school meals in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [149118]
Kevin Brennan:
Information on the quality, availability and uptake of school meals is not held centrally. However, data from the school census show the proportion taking free school meals as at January 2007 was 13.1 per cent. in maintained nursery and primary schools and 9.6 per cent. in maintained secondary schools. This compares with 13.3 per cent. and 9.9 per cent. respectively for January 2006. Figures for earlier years cannot be provided due to time constraints.
18 July 2007 : Column 422W
Also, figures from the School Food Trust’s 2006 annual survey of school meals take-up in England showed that take-up of school meals in 2005-06 was 42.3 per cent. in primary schools and 42.7 per cent. in secondary schools. Findings from the 2007 survey will be available in August.
Schools: Standards
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools were in (a) special measures and (b) receipt of intensive local authority support in each local authority area in each year since 1996; and if he will make a statement. [149081]
Jim Knight:
The numbers in the table represent the schools in special measures at the end of each academic year since 31 August 1997. The figures for 2006/07 show the position at 31 March 2007, using the most recent information published by Ofsted.
Local authority support is expected in every case of special measures. The nature of the support will vary according to the needs of the individual school and will be reflected in the statement of action for the school which the authority is required to prepare. Ofsted assess the quality of the local authority’s support on their monitoring visits to the school.
| Local authority | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
|
Barnet
|
0
|
3
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
8
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
|
Barnsley
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
|
Bath and NE Somerset
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
Bexley
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Birmingham
|
9
|
10
|
13
|
9
|
6
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
6
|
8
|
4
|
|
Blackburn
|
5
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Blackpool
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bolton
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
Bournemouth
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
|
Bracknell Forest
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bradford
|
6
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
13
|
12
|
7
|
4
|
4
|
|
Brent
|
2
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
|
Brighton and Hove
|
2
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bristol
|
1
|
7
|
6
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
5
|
6
|
|
Bromley
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Buckinghamshire
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
Bury
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
|
Calderdale
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
5
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
|
Camden
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Cheshire
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
|
City of London
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Cornwall
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
|
Coventry
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Croydon
|
5
|
7
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
|
Cumbria
|
4
|
6
|
6
|
4
|
2
|
5
|
4
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
5
|
|
Darlington
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Derby City
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
|
Derbyshire
|
5
|
18
|
17
|
10
|
6
|
6
|
7
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
Devon
|
4
|
8
|
8
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
|
Doncaster
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
7
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
|
Dorset
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
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|
Dudley
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
|
Durham
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
|
Ealing
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
East Riding
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
|
East Sussex
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
|
Enfield
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
|
Essex
|
10
|
18
|
17
|
18
|
18
|
11
|
8
|
11
|
7
|
6
|
7
|
|
Gateshead
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
2
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
|
Greenwich
|
6
|
8
|
5
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Hackney
|
8
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Halton
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
Hampshire
|
3
|
11
|
8
|
11
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
5
|
5
|
|
Haringey
|
4
|
7
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Harrow
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Hartlepool
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Havering
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Herefordshire
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
6
|
7
|
6
|
4
|
7
|
8
|
8
|
7
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
|
Hillingdon
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
|
Hounslow
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Isle of Wight
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
Isles of Scilly
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Islington
|
6
|
8
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
Kent
|
15
|
17
|
13
|
8
|
12
|
12
|
14
|
16
|
10
|
1
|
4
|
|
Kingston Upon Hull
|
7
|
5
|
2
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Kingston Upon Thames
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Kirklees
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
2
|
3
|
|
Knowsley
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
|
Lambeth
|
11
|
6
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Lancashire
|
11
|
15
|
8
|
6
|
2
|
5
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
6
|
|
Leeds
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
|
Leicester City
|
7
|
12
|
10
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
|
Leicestershire
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
7
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
|
Lewisham
|
5
|
6
|
2
|
5
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
5
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
|
Liverpool
|
9
|
15
|
12
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
Luton
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
|
Manchester
|
6
|
13
|
10
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
|
Medway
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Merton
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Middlesbrough
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
|
Milton Keynes
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
|
Newcastle
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
Newham
|
6
|
8
|
6
|
6
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
|
Norfolk
|
11
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
9
|
6
|
6
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
9
|
|
North East Lincolnshire
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
North Lincolnshire
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
North Somerset
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
North Tyneside
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
7
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
6
|
7
|
|
Northumberland
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
|
Nottingham City
|
4
|
9
|
9
|
7
|
5
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
4
|
9
|
9
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
|
Oldham
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
|
Oxfordshire
|
4
|
8
|
7
|
8
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
5
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
|
Peterborough
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
18 July 2007 : Column 425W
18 July 2007 : Column 426W
|
Plymouth
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
|
Poole
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Portsmouth
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Reading
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
Redbridge
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
Redcar and Cleveland
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
Richmond Upon Thames
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Rochdale
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
|
Rotherham
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
|
Rutland
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Salford
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
6
|
3
|
2
|
|
Sandwell
|
7
|
10
|
8
|
6
|
4
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
|
Sefton
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Sheffield
|
6
|
9
|
10
|
8
|
8
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
Shropshire
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
|
Slough
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Solihull
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
|
Somerset
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
5
|
|
South Gloucestershire
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
South Tyneside
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
Southampton
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
Southend
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
|
Southwark
|
4
|
10
|
10
|
7
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
6
|
4
|
2
|
4
|
|
St. Helens
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
Staffordshire
|
6
|
5
|
2
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
2
|
4
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
|
Stockport
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Stockton on Tees
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Stoke on Trent
|
3
|
7
|
5
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
8
|
6
|
|
Suffolk
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
|
Sunderland
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
Surrey
|
4
|
9
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
6
|
8
|
4
|
6
|
|
Sutton
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Swindon
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
|
Tameside
|
1
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Telford and Wrekin
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
|
Thurrock
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
Torbay
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Tower Hamlets
|
2
|
6
|
7
|
6
|
4
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Trafford
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
|
Wakefield
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
Walsall
|
4
|
3
|
6
|
7
|
6
|
6
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Waltham Forest
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Wandsworth
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
Warrington
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
|
Warwickshire
|
1
|
4
|
6
|
6
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
|
West Berkshire
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
West Sussex
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
|
Westminster
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Wigan
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
|
Wiltshire
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
|
Windsor and Maidenhead
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Wirral
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
4
|
|
Wokingham
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Wolverhampton
|
3
|
9
|
7
|
7
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
|
Worcestershire
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
8
|
7
|
4
|
6
|
7
|
2
|
3
|
|
York
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Total
|
362
|
524
|
447
|
394
|
320
|
270
|
282
|
332
|
242
|
208
|
256
|
