Written question asked by David Laws (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 16 January 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 January 2002. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Monday, 28 January 2002 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.
Dept for Education and Skills
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many bids for specialist school status have been received from each local education authority area since May 1997; what proportion of such bids has been accepted in each case; if she will break down these figures for each year from 1997-98 to 2001-02; and if she will make a statement. - Inc table. (Holding answer 23 January 2002).
- Answer
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Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many bids for specialist school status have been received from each local education authority area since May 1997; what proportion of such bids has been accepted in each case; if she will break down these figures for each year from 1997-98 to 2001-02; and if she will make a statement. [29213] Mr. Timms: [holding answer 23 January 2002]: The total number of bids for specialist school status received from each local education authority each year from 1997-98 to 2000-01 and the number of those applications which were successful is provided in the table. Information for 2001-02 is not yet available as the result of the October 2001 competition has not yet been announced. Specialist school applications and designations, 5 years to 2001 by LEA _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Applications Designations LEA 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 Barking and 1 -- -- -- 2 1 -- -- -- 1 Dagenham Barnet 2 -- 1 1 1 -- -- 1 -- -- Barnsley -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- Bath and NE 3 -- 3 1 2 2 -- 2 1 -- Somerset Bedfordshire 1 2 1 2 5 -- -- 1 -- -- Birmingham 7 3 4 16 13 2 -- 4 13 6 Blackburn 1 -- 2 -- 2 1 -- 2 -- -- with Darwen Blackpool 1 -- 1 2 -- 1 -- 1 -- -- Bolton 3 2 2 4 1 -- -- 1 2 1 Bournemouth 1 1 -- 2 1 -- -- -- 2 1 Bracknell 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Forest Bradford 6 2 1 2 4 1 -- 1 2 4 Brent -- -- -- 1 1 -- -- -- -- 1 Brighton and -- 2 -- 3 3 -- 1 -- 1 -- Hove Bristol, 4 4 2 1 3 1 -- -- 1 1 City of Bromley, LB -- 1 -- 2 2 -- -- -- -- 1 of Buckinghamsh 8 2 -- 1 8 2 1 -- 1 4 ire Calderdale 2 -- 2 2 2 -- -- -- -- 1 Cambridgeshi 5 2 4 -- 3 1 -- 4 -- 3 re Camden, LB 3 -- 1 1 -- 2 -- 1 1 -- of Cheshire 11 6 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 Cornwall 7 6 1 3 4 3 3 -- 1 3 Coventry 4 2 -- 1 2 2 1 -- 1 -- Croydon, LB 1 2 -- 2 3 -- 1 -- -- -- of Cumbria 6 5 -- 3 3 1 2 -- 1 3 Darlington -- -- -- 4 -- -- -- 1 1 1 Derby, City -- -- -- 1 2 -- -- -- 1 1 of Derbyshire 6 3 -- 7 9 1 1 -- 1 5 Devon 8 2 -- 1 3 2 1 -- 1 -- Doncaster -- -- -- -- 6 -- -- -- -- -- Dorset -- -- 2 4 2 -- -- 2 2 2 Dudley -- -- 1 -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- Durham 1 5 4 5 10 1 4 4 2 1 Ealing, LB 2 2 1 4 2 -- -- 1 1 2 of East Riding 2 1 -- 5 1 1 1 -- 2 1 of Yorkshire East Sussex 7 2 -- 3 5 1 1 -- 2 3 Enfield, LB -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- of Essex 16 4 4 11 9 -- 1 2 4 4 Gateshead -- 1 3 1 1 -- 1 2 -- 1 Gloucestersh 9 5 4 4 7 2 1 3 2 2 ire Greenwich, 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 -- 1 -- LB of Hackney, LB 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 -- 1 of Halton -- -- -- 1 2 -- -- -- 1 1 Hammersmith -- -- -- 1 1 -- -- -- 1 -- and Fulham Hampshire 4 2 -- 7 5 -- -- -- 4 1 Haringey, LB 1 -- -- 1 1 1 -- -- -- 1 of Harrow, LB -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- of Hartlepool -- 1 -- 1 -- -- 1 -- 1 -- Havering 2 -- -- -- 6 1 -- -- -- 1 Herefordshir 4 -- 1 1 1 1 -- 1 -- -- e Hertfordshir 7 3 1 4 9 -- 2 1 2 3 e Hillingdon 4 1 2 -- 1 1 1 1 -- -- Hounslow 1 1 -- -- 1 1 1 -- -- -- Isle of 1 1 -- 1 1 -- -- -- 1 1 Wight Islington, -- -- 1 3 1 -- -- -- 2 -- LB of Kent 12 6 6 7 8 2 -- 2 1 3 Kingston- -- -- 1 -- 2 -- -- 1 -- 1 upon-Hull Kingston 2 -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- upon Thames Kirklees 1 3 2 -- 1 1 1 1 -- -- Knowsley 2 2 -- 1 1 -- 1 -- 1 1 Lambeth, LB -- 1 -- 2 1 -- 1 -- 1 -- of Lancashire 12 3 2 6 6 1 1 1 2 2 Leeds -- 3 1 4 6 -- 1 1 3 3 Leicester, -- 2 2 3 2 -- -- 2 1 2 City of Leicestershi 7 2 2 -- 5 3 2 2 -- 1 re Lewisham 1 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Lincolnshire -- -- 2 9 13 -- -- 1 4 7 Liverpool 5 4 -- 3 7 2 1 -- 2 3 Luton 1 1 1 -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- Manchester 4 1 -- 3 -- 1 1 -- 3 -- Medway -- -- -- 2 1 -- -- -- 1 1 Middlesbroug -- -- 1 1 3 -- -- -- -- 2 h Milton 1 4 -- -- 1 1 3 -- -- -- Keynes Newcastle 1 4 -- 3 1 -- 1 -- 3 -- upon Tyne Newham 2 1 -- 1 2 -- 1 -- -- 2 Norfolk 6 3 1 6 11 -- 1 1 5 2 North East -- -- -- 3 -- -- -- -- 3 -- Lincolnshire North 1 1 -- 1 1 -- 1 -- 1 1 Lincolnshire North 1 3 3 2 3 -- 1 1 2 1 Somerset North 2 3 -- 1 2 -- 1 -- -- 1 Tyneside North -- 3 1 3 3 -- 3 -- 2 2 Yorkshire Northamptons 6 2 3 3 1 4 1 2 2 -- hire Northumberla 4 4 1 2 1 -- 1 1 2 1 nd Nottinghamsh 5 4 1 2 9 -- 2 -- -- 1 ire Oldham -- -- -- 2 2 -- -- -- 2 -- Oxfordshire 5 3 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 2 Peterborough -- -- -- 1 2 -- -- -- -- -- Plymouth -- -- 2 3 -- -- -- 2 3 -- Poole -- -- -- 3 2 -- -- -- -- 2 Portsmouth 1 2 -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- 1 Reading -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- Redbridge, -- -- -- 3 2 -- -- -- 1 2 LB of Redcar and 1 -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- Cleveland Richmond, LB -- -- -- 2 1 -- -- -- -- -- of Rochdale 3 2 -- -- 1 1 1 -- -- 1 Rotherham -- 1 -- 1 4 -- 1 -- -- 2 Salford -- -- 1 2 1 -- -- 1 1 -- Sefton -- 1 -- 1 1 -- 1 -- 1 -- Sandwell -- 2 -- -- -- -- 2 -- -- -- Sheffield 3 4 -- 1 4 -- 1 -- -- 4 Shropshire 1 -- -- 1 7 -- -- -- -- 3 Slough -- -- 1 -- 3 -- -- -- -- 2 Solihull -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- Somerset 2 4 3 5 3 1 2 1 2 1 South 2 1 1 -- -- -- 1 1 -- -- Gloucestersh ire South -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- Tyneside Southampton -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- Southend on -- 1 1 1 3 -- -- 1 -- 2 Sea Southwark 1 1 1 2 2 -- -- -- -- 2 St. Helens -- -- 1 3 2 -- -- -- 2 1 Staffordshir 4 1 -- 2 2 1 1 -- -- 2 e Stockport 9 3 -- 1 -- 1 -- -- -- -- Stockton on 1 2 5 -- -- -- -- 5 -- -- Tees Stoke on -- -- -- 1 4 -- -- -- 1 2 Trent Suffolk 3 4 2 5 6 1 2 1 2 4 Sunderland 3 2 2 1 1 1 -- 2 -- 1 Surrey 5 2 -- 8 3 1 2 -- 1 2 Sutton, LB 1 1 -- 1 2 1 1 -- -- -- of Swindon -- 1 2 -- -- -- -- 2 -- -- Tameside -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- 1 -- Telford and 1 3 -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- Wrekin Thurrock -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- 1 Torbay -- -- -- -- 2 -- -- -- -- -- Tower 2 1 -- 1 3 -- -- -- 1 1 Hamlets, LB of Trafford 2 1 -- 1 2 -- 1 -- -- 2 Wakefield 4 -- -- 2 2 1 -- -- 1 2 Walsall 3 1 1 -- 1 -- -- 1 -- 1 Waltham 1 -- -- 2 1 1 -- -- 1 1 Forest, LB of Wandsworth, 6 2 -- 1 1 2 -- -- 2 -- LB of Warrington -- 1 -- 2 -- -- 1 -- 1 -- Warwickshire -- 2 1 4 2 -- 1 1 2 -- West 14 10 -- 1 1 1 1 -- 1 1 Berkshire West Sussex 7 7 -- 1 3 3 3 -- 1 -- Westminster 2 2 -- 1 2 -- 1 -- -- 1 Weston Super 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Mare Widnes 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Wigan 2 2 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 -- Wiltshire 4 3 -- 5 1 1 2 -- 4 1 Windsor and -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Maidenhead Wirral 1 2 -- 2 3 -- 1 -- 1 2 Wolverhampto 1 -- -- 2 -- 1 -- -- 3 -- n Wokingham -- 1 1 -- 1 -- -- 1 -- 1 Worcestershi -- 1 -- 3 -- -- -- 3 1 -- re York, city 1 1 -- -- 1 1 1 -- -- -- of Total 332 219 118 285 354 73 83 81 130 152 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Secondary information
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- Reference
- 29213; 379 c105-10W
- Session
- 2001-02
- Subjects
- Applications Local education authorities Schools Specialist schools
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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