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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many primary school closures there were in Greater London, broken down by local education authority, in each year since 1997. [173254] Mr. Miliband: The numbers of primary school closures in Greater London during the calendar years 1997 to 2003 are shown in the table. The figures include schools that closed as a result of the amalgamation or merger of two or more schools; schools that have closed but re-opened as voluntary schools with a religious character; and schools that have closed in local education authorities that have moved from a three-tier to a two-tier system. Primary school closures in Greater London by calendar year _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Local education authority 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Barking and Dagenham -- 4 2 -- -- -- -- Barnet -- 2 2 -- 1 -- -- Bexley -- -- 2 -- -- -- 6 Brent -- 2 2 -- -- -- -- Bromley -- -- 2 1 -- -- 2 Camden -- -- -- 2 -- -- -- City of London -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Croydon 2 2 2 2 -- -- 2 Ealing -- 2 -- -- -- -- 1 Enfield 2 -- -- 2 -- -- -- Greenwich 4 2 -- 2 5 2 -- Hackney 2 -- -- 1 1 2 2 Hammersmith and Fulham -- 1 -- -- -- 2 1 Haringey 4 2 4 8 -- 2 -- Harrow -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Havering -- 4 2 2 -- 1 1 Hillingdon 2 -- 4 -- -- 1 Hounslow -- -- -- -- 9 -- -- Islington 4 4 5 -- 1 1 -- Kensington and Chelsea -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Kingston upon Thames -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Lambeth 7 2 5 2 4 3 2 Lewisham -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 Merton -- -- -- -- -- 10 -- Newham -- 2 2 -- -- -- 1 Redbridge 2 2 2 1 10 -- -- Southwark 1 2 -- 1 -- -- -- Sutton -- -- -- -- -- 1 2 Tower Hamlets -- 2 4 -- 2 3 2 Waltham Forest -- -- -- -- -- 2 7 Wandsworth -- 2 1 2 -- -- -- Westminster -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- Greater London 30 38 41 26 33 30 30 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: DfES

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

173254; 421 c913-6W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Closures Greater London Local education authorities Primary education

Contains statistics

Yes

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