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Schools: Admissions

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many local education authorities have a percentage of surplus places of at least 10; and if he will make a statement. [303061]

Ms Diana R. Johnson: The Department collects information from each local authority on the number of surplus school places through an annual survey. The most recent data available relate to the position at January 2008.

The following tables show the number of local authorities with a percentage of surplus places of 10 or above at primary level and those with a percentage of surplus of 10 or above at secondary level.

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Primary
LA	Surplus ( percentage )
Barnsley	10
Bedfordshire	13
Bournemouth	13
Bracknell Forest	10
Brighton and Hove	11
Bristol	11
Bromley	10
Buckinghamshire	11
Calderdale	11
Cambridgeshire	12
Cheshire	13
Cornwall	10
Cumbria	10
Derby City of	13
Derbyshire	13
Doncaster	16
Dorset	15
Dudley	10
Durham	16
East Riding of Yorkshire	12
East Sussex	10
Essex	12
Gateshead	13
Gloucestershire	12
Greenwich	12
Hackney	11
Halton	13
Hampshire	11
Harrow	13
Hartlepool	11
Havering	11
Herefordshire	16
Hertfordshire	12
Hillingdon	11
Hounslow	10
Isle of Wight	22
Islington	13
Kensington and Chelsea	10
Kent	10
Kingston upon Hull City of	11
Kirklees	12
Knowsley	22
Lancashire	15
Leeds	11
Leicester City of	10
Leicestershire	12
Lewisham	12
Liverpool	13
Manchester	11
Medway Towns	12
Merton	13
Middlesbrough	18
Milton Keynes	14
Newcastle Upon Tyne	15
Newham	10
Norfolk	14
North East Lincolnshire	15
North Lincolnshire	11
North Tyneside	20
North Yorkshire	18
Northamptonshire	12
Northumberland	19
Nottingham City of	19
Nottinghamshire	13
Oxfordshire	10
Peterborough	11
Plymouth City of	13
Portsmouth	14
Reading	15
Redcar and Cleveland	14
Rochdale	11
Rotherham	11
Rutland	24
Salford	15
Sandwell	13
Sefton	12
Sheffield	12
Shropshire	15
Solihull	12
Somerset	10
South Gloucestershire	13
South Tyneside	19
Southampton	14
Southwark	15
Staffordshire	14
Stockport	10
Stockton on Tees	11
Stoke on Trent	13
Suffolk	18
Sunderland	14
Swindon	11
The Wrekin	12
Thurrock	13
Wakefield	17
Walsall	10
Warrington	14
Warwickshire	12
West Sussex	11
Wiltshire	16
Wirral	14
Wolverhampton	16
Worcestershire	11
York	13
Total LAs	103

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Secondary
LA	Surplus (percentage)
Barnet	10
Bracknell Forest	10
Bradford	10
Bristol	21
Croydon	11
Cumbria	10
Doncaster	10
Dorset	10
Durham	14
Gateshead	10
Greenwich	14
Hackney	15
Halton	12
Hammersmith and Fulham	17
Hertfordshire	10
Hillingdon	13
Isle of Wight	15
Islington	11
Kingston upon Hull City of	10
Kirklees	10
Knowsley	24
Lancashire	12
Leicester City	10
Lewisham	17
Liverpool	11
Manchester	11
Medway Towns	10
Middlesbrough	14
Milton Keynes	12
Newham	10
North East Lincolnshire	20
North Lincolnshire	12
North Yorkshire	11
Northumberland	15
Nottingham City of	22
Nottinghamshire	10
Oxfordshire	12
Peterborough	11
Portsmouth	11
Reading	16
Redcar and Cleveland	10
Richmond upon Thames	13
Rochdale	13
Rutland	12
Salford	19
Sefton	11
South Gloucestershire	12
Southampton	20
Stockton on Tees	11
Stoke on Trent	14
Suffolk	12
Sunderland	15
Torbay	13
Trafford	10
Wandsworth	11
Wiltshire	11
Wirral	13
Wolverhampton	14
Total LAs	58

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