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Gifted Children: GCE A-Level

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children registered as gifted and talented gained three or more A Grades at A Level in (a) 2005 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available. [260497]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry [holding answer 3 March 2009]: National data on gifted and talented pupils have only been collected since 2006. In that year 3,162 students aged 16 to 18 identified as gifted and talented in maintained schools achieved three or more A grades at A level. The corresponding figure for 2008 was 7,041. These figures do not include young people attending post-16 institutions, for which equivalent data are not available.

Nurseries: Closures

Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the rate of closure of nurseries in the last six months; and if he will make a statement. [260633]

Beverley Hughes: During the period from 31 March 2008 to 31 August 2008 (the latest period for which figures are available) the number of Ofsted-registered full day care settings rose by 325 from 14,275 to 14,600. The number of places available in those settings increased by 13,100 from 622,500 to 635,600 over the same period.

Private Education

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many independent special schools there were in each local authority area in each year since 1997. [259299]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The number of independent schools catering wholly, or mainly, for pupils with special educational needs; in each local authority area; in each year since 1997, are shown in the following table:

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	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Barking and Dagenham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Bamet	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Barnsley	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	4
Bath and North East Somerset	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bedfordshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Bexley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Birmingham	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	6	7	7
Blackburn with Darwen	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Blackpool	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Bolton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2
Bournemouth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bracknell Forest	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Bradford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2
Brent	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Brighton and Hove	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1
Bristol City of	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	5
Bromley	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Buckinghamshire	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5
Bury	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3
Calderdale	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2
Cambridgeshire	3	3	4	5	4	5	5	5	6	9	10	11	11
Camden	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Cheshire	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3		3	5	5	5
City of London	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Comwall	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2
Coventry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2
Croydon	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	7	7
Cumbria	8	3	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	13	13
Darlington	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Derby	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derbyshire	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	7	9	10	10
Devon	5	5	5	5	5	7	8	8	7	9	9	10	11
Doncaster	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Dorset	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Dudley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Durham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ealing	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
East Riding of Yorkshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	3
East Sussex	5	4	4	4	5	6	7	7	6	6	6	8	8
Enfield	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
Essex	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	9	9
Gateshead	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gloucestershire	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	5	5	5
Greenwich	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hackney	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Halton	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	3	10	12	12
Hammersmith and Fulham	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Hampshire	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10
Haringey	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Harrow	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hartlepool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Havering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Herefordshire	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4
Hertfordshire	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4
Hillingdon	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hounslow	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isle of Wight	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isles Of Scilly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Islington	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kensington and Chelsea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2
Kent	10	11	14	15	17	17	18	19	21	30	32	37	37
Kingston upon Hull City of	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Kingston upon Thames	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kirklees	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2
Knowsley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lambeth	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Lancashire	8	9	9	10	13	13	13	15	21	24	26	30	30
Leeds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leicester	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Leicestershire	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	6	8	8
Lewisham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lincolnshire	1	1	I	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	4
Liverpool	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Luton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Manchester	1	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Medway	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2
Merton	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Middlesbrough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Milton Keynes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Newcastle upon Tyne	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Newham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Norfolk	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	6	6	7	7
North East Lincolnshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	D	0	0	0	0	0
North Lincolnshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2
North Somerset	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Tyneside	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
North Yorkshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	2
Northamptonshire	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6
Northumberland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Nottingham	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Nottinghamshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	7	7	7	7
Oldham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	§	0	1	1	1	1
Oxfordshire	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Peterborough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2
Plymouth	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Poole	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portsmouth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reading	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Redbridge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Redcar and Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Richmond upon Thames	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rochdale	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	19	19	24	24
Rotherham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rutland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2
Salford	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Sandwell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Sefton	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	1
Sheffield	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Shropshire	4	3	4	5	6	7	7	7	9	15	15	15	15
Slough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Solihull	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Somerset	6	6	9	9	12	11	11	11	12	14	15	17	17
South Gloucestershire	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
South Tyneside	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Southampton	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3
Southend-on-Sea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2
Southwark	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
St. Helens	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Staffordshire	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	6	8	8
Stockport	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Stockton-on-Tees	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoke-on-Trent	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Suffolk	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	7	8	8
Sunderland	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Surrey	6	6	7	7	8	7	6	7	7	7	9	10	10
Sutton	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Swindon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tameside	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Telford and Wrekin	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	5	5	5
Thurrock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Torbay	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Tower Hamlets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trafford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wakefield	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Walsall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Waltham Forest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wandsworth	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Warrington	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	7	9	9
Warwickshire	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3
West Berkshire	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
West Sussex	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	10	14	15	17	17
Westminster	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wigan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wiltshire	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	e	5	6	6	6
Windsor and Maidenhead	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wirral	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wokingham	1	1	1	1	1	1	i	1	1	1	0	0	0
Wolverhampton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Worcestershire	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
York	0	0	0	0	°	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Source: EduBase.

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