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Written question asked by Grant Shapps (Conservative) on Thursday, 3 December 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 December 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Thursday, 7 January 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.


Schools

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools were (i) opened and (ii) closed in each region in each year since 1997.
Answer

The information is provided in the following tables."Source:""EduBase 2"

Phase of education and year of opening
Middle Deemed Primary Primary
Government Office Region 1997 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Grand total
East Midlands 3 2 7 3 26 9 2 10 8 8 11 10 1 100
East of England 4 6 6 16 13 8 13 11 11 8 24 13 5 138
London 1 1 1 1 11 20 21 16 22 14 16 9 7 7 8 6 4 165
North East 4 5 3 6 3 10 10 7 6 14 4 5 3 80
North West 13 11 16 7 17 23 20 15 16 10 16 12 7 183
South East 11 2 14 12 16 9 12 21 13 13 19 18 4 164
South West 1 1 1 1 1 4 13 15 15 10 4 9 5 17 18 13 12 12 152
West Midlands 7 8 13 16 8 8 12 17 17 13 31 4 11 165
Yorkshire and the Humber 6 3 9 13 8 15 10 11 12 8 15 5 6 121
Grand total 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 63 70 104 104 123 100 104 106 107 99 141 85 53 1,268
Phase of education and year of opening
MDS Secondary
Government Office Region 2001 2004 2006 2008 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Grand total
East Midlands 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 11
East of England 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 12
London 2 2 8 3 3 4 1 2 1 1 2 29
North East 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 12
North West 2 1 1 4 3 2 1 3 3 9 3 1 6 39
South East 1 2 2 3 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 20
South West 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 13
West Midlands 2 1 1 3 1 5 1 14
Yorkshire and the Humber 1 1 3 3 1 2 2 13
Grand total 2 1 1 1 9 7 18 15 21 12 9 11 8 17 19 1 11 163
MDS = Middle Deemed Secondary Schools
Phase of education and year of closures
Middle Deemed Primary
Government Office Region 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
East Midlands
East of England 1 12 3
London 3 1 1 1 1
North East
North West
South East 2 3 3 3 1 8 5
South West 2 1 1 4 1 1
West Midlands 1 1
Yorkshire and the Humber 2
Grand total 4 3 3 6 4 3 9 5 2 13 10
Primary
Government Office Region 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Grand total
East Midlands 8 4 7 7 38 16 11 11 28 18 27 30 10 215
East of England 2 16 7 23 29 13 27 20 25 11 35 27 5 256
London 30 38 41 26 37 27 30 23 12 14 19 15 18 337
North East 9 13 7 12 12 22 21 17 14 26 13 20 10 196
North West 53 33 43 21 43 62 42 41 49 41 39 42 20 529
South East 24 7 21 15 28 17 16 28 22 37 33 34 7 314
South West 8 37 19 24 13 14 12 12 32 35 34 24 27 301
West Midlands 20 15 30 31 21 22 25 39 36 36 48 11 24 360
Yorkshire and the Humber 14 8 19 23 23 31 24 26 24 28 32 18 14 286
Grand total 168 171 194 182 244 224 208 217 242 246 280 221 135 2,794
Phase of education and year of closure
Middle Deemed Secondary
Government Office Region 1997 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
East Midlands 2 9 15
East of England 3 1
London 2
North East 3 2 5 1 2 3 2 4 3
North West
South East 10 5 2
South West 3 5
West Midlands 4 1 11 1
Yorkshire and the Humber 7 57 1
Grand total 9 60 18 7 11 21 8 3 11 11 5
Secondary
Government Office Region 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Grand total
East Midlands 4 1 8 3 6 1 4 6 1 8 10 78
East of England 2 3 2 2 1 3 5 9 5 10 46
London 1 6 1 4 3 3 6 7 6 8 7 54
North East 2 3 2 4 5 5 4 2 7 59
North West 2 6 9 7 5 2 4 5 16 8 16 22 102
South East 1 3 4 3 4 3 3 1 2 1 7 8 12 69
South West 4 4 1 3 1 1 3 4 5 34
West Midlands 3 4 3 2 1 4 10 7 9 60
Yorkshire and the Humber 1 1 3 4 4 1 4 2 6 8 3 14 116
Grand total 8 16 32 27 30 27 23 21 18 40 55 61 96 618

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
503 c600-4W; 305058
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Closures Schools
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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