Mr. Burstow:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children with special education needs (SEN) are transported to school from (a) their homes and (b) pick-up points for each local authority in England; and how much each local authority in England spent on SEN transport in the latest period for which figures are available. [234862]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry:
The Department for Children, Schools and Families does not hold information with regard to the number of children with special educational needs that are transported to school (i) from their homes and (ii) pick-up points. The amount each local authority in England spends on SEN transport in the latest period for which figures are available is contained within the following table:
£
England
552,558,571
Barking and Dagenham
2,781,486
Barnet
5,921,620
Barnsley
1,423,580
Bath and NE Somerset
2,486,100
Bedfordshire
5,714,663
Bexley
2,656,000
Birmingham
14,427,443
Blackburn and Darwen
1,580,173
Blackpool
1,386,786
Bolton
2,767,088
Bournemouth
977,190
Bracknell Forest
1,408,478
Bradford
6,233,823
Brent
4,085,000
Brighton and Hove
3,016,142
Bromley
3,598,614
Buckinghamshire
7,424,940
Bury
1,999,500
Calderdale
1,732,770
Cambridgeshire
6,343,005
Camden
2,977,372
Cheshire
7,985,466
City of Bristol
5,398,933
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City of Kingston-upon-Hull
2,525,190
City of London
34,900
City of Nottingham
1,810,178
City of Peterborough
1,628,583
City of Plymouth
2,072,800
Cornwall
1,117,027
Coventry
3,121,433
Croydon
5,520,572
Cumbria
4,110,000
Darlington
651,171
Derby
2,346,412
Derbyshire
7,119,762
Devon
2,226,871
Doncaster
3,068,970
Dorset
5,230,890
Dudley
2,410,773
Durham
4,647,889
Ealing
4,639,006
East Riding of Yorkshire
4,603,040
East Sussex
6,844,466
Enfield
4,123,120
Essex
13,339,592
Gateshead
1,541,354
Gloucestershire
5,157,802
Greenwich
2,881,170
Hackney
3,101,585
Halton
1,226,758
Hammersmith and Fulham
2,296,342
Hampshire
15,482,800
Haringey
4,090,166
Harrow
4,103,430
Hartlepool
1,044,479
Havering
1,870,775
Herefordshire
1,514,990
Hertfordshire
14,125,312
Hillingdon
3,853,343
Hounslow
3,013,032
Isle of Wight
395,912
Isles of Scilly
0
Islington
2,043,197
Kensington and Chelsea
1,603,400
Kent
16,783,450
Kingston-upon-Thames
2,039,871
Kirklees
3,429,117
Knowsley
1,501,332
Lambeth
3,235,828
Lancashire
14,820,081
Leeds
6,978,340
Leicester City
3,921,116
Leicestershire
5,901,210
Lewisham
3,761,016
Lincolnshire
10,558,393
Liverpool
4,650,541
Luton
2,444,236
Manchester
6,662,836
Medway
3,989,500
Merton
2,245,040
Middlesbrough
2,030,546
Milton Keynes
1,746,871
Newcastle upon Tyne
2,059,350
Newham
3,190,667
Norfolk
9,874,655
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North East Lincolnshire
2,025,138
North Lincolnshire
1,501,770
North Somerset
1,764,011
North Tyneside
1,392,889
North Yorkshire
5,867,096
Northamptonshire
6,769,580
Northumberland
3,244,040
Nottinghamshire
5,079,617
Oldham
2,089,162
Oxfordshire
6,463,391
Poole
1,021,220
Portsmouth
1,657,677
Reading
1,278,440
Redbridge
3,361,085
Redcar and Cleveland
1,030,326
Richmond-upon-Thames
2,466,463
Rochdale
2,036,394
Rotherham
2,479,415
Rutland
0
Salford
2,555,549
Sandwell
2,636,500
Sefton
2,738,058
Sheffield
4,466,569
Shropshire
3,346,794
Slough
2,135,874
Solihull
2,119,110
Somerset
3,507,624
South Gloucestershire
2,860,000
South Tyneside
1,094,618
Southampton
1,723,293
Southend
1,882,140
Southwark
3,973,043
St Helens
1,900,813
Staffordshire
7,427,450
Stockport
3,279,309
Stockton-on-Tees
1,900,465
Stoke
1,609,686
Suffolk
6,150,246
Sunderland
2,079,453
Surrey
17,212,358
Sutton
3,573,200
Swindon
1,567,311
Tameside
970,000
Telford and Wrekin
1,783,149
Thurrock
1,125,002
Torbay
1,290,648
Tower Hamlets
3,742,415
Trafford
2,838,171
Wakefield
2,828,348
Walsall
2,280,126
Waltham Forest
3,301,375
Wandsworth
2,937,535
Warrington
1,492,579
Warwickshire
4,726,752
West Berkshire
2,299,572
West Sussex
835,776
Westminster
2,972,900
Wigan
3,299,113
Wiltshire
4,365,717
Windsor and Maidenhead
1,341,893
Wirral
4,036,800
Wokingham
1,606,290
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Wolverhampton
3,094,900
Worcestershire
6,154,350
York
1,279,324
Notes:
1. The data are drawn from Children, Schools and Families Financial Data Collection (Budget).
2. Budgeted net expenditure on special educational needs transport by local authorities in England during 2008-09.
3. Cash terms figures as reported by local authorities as at 11 November 2008.
