School Accomodation

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, (1) further to his reply to the hon. Member for Yeovil on 2 February, Official Report,

Table 1-LEAS' responses to Department's letter of 5 February 1982¹
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Local Education Authority	Places in un-remodelled primary schools constructed before 1903	Number in (1) in areas of educational and social disadvantage	Places in unremodelled secondary schools²	Number in (3) in areas of educational and social disadvantage
Barking	721	721	nil	nil
Barnet	1,690	915	1,135	nil
Bexley	1,200	250	nil	nil
Brent	1,200	1,200	1,250	1,250
Bromley	4,000	³420	1,200	³420
Croydon	2,084	n/a	1,830	n/a
Ealing	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Enfield	2,525	³2,280	360	³2,280
Haringey	3,345	1,947	2,998	1,937
Harrow	nil	nil	nil	nil
Havering	1,750	³575	1,100	³575
Hillingdon	742	nil	nil	nil
Hounslow	850	nil	nil	nil
Kingston-upon-Thames	650	nil	nil	nil
Merton	1,340	930	1,249	577
Newham	3,504	3,504	2,102	2,102
Redbridge	3,755	³968	1,453	³968
Richmond-upon-Thames	556	nil	n/a	n/a
Sutton	156	nil	nil	nit
Waltham Forest	3,120	2,850	3,490	3,020
Inner London	49,016	17,204	15,125	10,228
Birmingham	12,256	10,824	6,697	3,454
Coventry	1,600	1,050	nil	nil
Dudley	5,400	1,200	3,700	1,050
Sandwell	2,718	³4,119	1,835	³4,119
Solihull	nil	nil	nil	nil
Walsall	2,544	2,544	600	nil
Wolverhampton	1,545	³1,6365	1,450	³1,635
Knowsley	nil	nil	nil	nil
Liverpool	6,544	³3,988	5,184	³3,988

column 470, concerning recent information on substandard places in primary schools, what comparable or broadly comparable information is available from responses made by local education authorities in other years since 1979; if he will place copies in the Library of each circular letter sent by his Department in any year since 1979 requesting information of sub-standard primary places or schools; if he will publish in the Official Report a table similar to that given in his reply of 2 February, showing figures for the earliest year since 1979 for which such figures are available; and if he will make a statement;

(2) further to his reply to the hon. Member for Yeovil on 9 February concerning recent information on substandard places in secondary schools, what comparable information is available from responses made by local education authorities in other years since 1979; if he will place copies in the Library of each circular letter sent by his Department in any year since 1979 requesting information of substandard secondary places or schools; if he will publish in the Official Report, a table similar to that given in his reply of 9 February, showing figures for the earliest year since 1979 for which such figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

[pursuant to his replies 9 and 12 February 1987, c. 29 and 309]: Similar information was sought on two occasions between 1979 and 1986. Copies of the relevant letters have been placed in the Library. The information supplied by LEAs is shown in the following tables. The caveats I have already given as to its use continue to apply.

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Local Education Authority	Places in un-remodelled primary schools constructed before 1903	Number in (1) in areas of educational and social disadvantage	Places in unremodelled secondary schools²	Number in (3) in areas of educational and social disadvantage
St. Helens	1,034	n/a	1,060	n/a
Sefton	5,300	950	2,080	900
Wirral	1,378	704	3,823	296
Bolton	4,035	2,480	490	490
Bury	2,268	1,096	nil	nil
Manchester	2,600	³3,800	1,500	³3,800
Oldham	2,483	³2,043	300	³2,043
Rochdale	410	nil	nil	nil
Salford	1,560	³450	600	³450
Stockport	2,900	595	nil	nil
Tameside	1,503	1,503	3,120	3,120
Trafford	350	nil	1,750	nil
Wigan	1,850	750	nil	nil
Barnsley	2,268	439	n/a	n/a
Doncaster	1,270	³130	1,415	³130
Rotherham	3,144	³1,464	2,430	³1,464
Sheffield	1,685	135	2,600	1,220
Bradford	20,058	10,193	6,070	3,160
Calderdale	5,645	1,145	2,397	815
Kirklees	3,600	924	n/a	n/a
Leeds	14,515	1,410	9,300	1,825
Wakefield	4,256	1,728	911	672
Gateshead	3,045	1,465	nil	nil
Newcastle upon Tyne	1,796	670	nil	nil
North Tyneside	1,675	³197	338	³197
South Tyneside	717	182	nil	nil
Sunderland	2,201	147	830	nil
Isles of Scilly	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Avon	18,144	686	8,927	2,681
Bedfordshire	2,991	³1,012	507	³1,012
Berkshire	4,640	³2,196	1,437	³2,196
Buckinghamshire	1,200	n/a	nil	nil
Cambridgeshire	7,000	n/a	3,699	n/a
Cheshire	10,500	2,350	483	n/a
Cleveland	1,775	439	nil	nil
Cornwall	10,330	10,330	nil	nil
Cumbria	7,475	2,078	1,840	391
Derbyshire	29,073	7,255	6,236	5,680
Devon	18,000	³600	550	³600
Dorset	7,181	³310	3,267	³310
Durham	3,800	³170	2,380	³170
East Sussex	7,500	875	nil	nil
Essex	12,263	1,053	3,328	nil
Gloucestershire	13,322	1,487	4,059	nil
Hampshire	14,900	³5,500	650	³5,500
Hereford and Worcester	2,555	1,825	nil	nil
Hertfordshire	2,120	420	nil	nil
Humberside	8,760	4,320	880	780
Isle of Wight	2,865	458	735	121
Kent	30,188	³264	9,565	³264
Lancashire	25,895	6,160	4,145	840
Leicestershire	11,499	³4,480	2,871	³4,480
Lincolnshire	11,456	nil	3,856	nil
Norfolk	11,476	n/a	570	n/a
North Yorkshire	9,500	400	nil	nil
Northamptonshire	1,723	nil	nil	nil
Northumberland	2,559	1,012	944	549
Nottinghamshire	9,540	1,456	2,689	1,140
Oxfordshire	3,613	252	nil	nil
Shropshire	4,325	³2,905	1,450	³2,905
Somerset	8,973	1,908	n/a	n/a
Staffordshire	11,578	³2,352	650	³2,352
Suffolk	10,900	³1,100	1,000	³1,100
Surrey	16,285	³1,860	524	³1,860
Warwickshire	4,878	n/a	nil	nil
West Sussex	4,795	n/a	n/a	n/a
Wiltshire	8,721	1,015	1,380	n/a

¹ Substandard places expected to be occupied in 1984–85.

² In which the oldest teaching accommodation was built before 1919 and in which less than one third a total teaching accommodation is in post-1945 construction.

³ The authority did not distinguish between primary and secondary places: the figure shown covers both.

n/a The authority did not complete the relevant section of the form.

Table 2 LEAS' responses to department's letter of 29 June 1984¹
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Local Education Authority	Places in unremodelled primary schools constructed before 1903	Number in (1) in areas of educational and social disadvantage	Places in unremodelled secondary schools²	Number in (3) in areas of educational and social disadvantage
Barking	1,586	1,292	n/a	n/a
Barnet	1,230	n/a	1,170	n/a
Bexley	1,200	250	nil	nil
Brent³	500	500	nil	nil
Bromley	500	nil	nil	nil
Croydon	nil	nil	nil	nil
Ealing	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Enfield	1,813	1,813	n/a	n/a
Haringey	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Harrow	nil	nil	nil	nil
Havering	1,750	575	1,100	n/a
Hillingdon	260	nil	nil	nil
Hounslow	1,038	nil	nil	nil
Kingston-upon-Thames	175	n/a	nil	nil
Merton	1,675	1,092	336	nil
Newham	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Redbridge	3,107	502	1,125	517
Richmond-upon-Thames	490	nil	nil	nil
Sutton	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Waltham Forest	3,966	3,399	2,520	2.020
Inner London	51,179	20,676	9,381	2,631
Birmingham	8,600	7,000	3,200	1,800
Coventry	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Dudley	4,600	1,050	3,700	950
Sandwell	2,256	1,866	1,396	1,396
Solihull	nil	nil	nil	nil
Walsall	3,200	3,200	600	nil
Wolverhampton	1.016	829	600	600
Knowsley	nil	nil	nil	nil
Liverpool	5,513	3,330	nil	nil
St. Helens	771	351	480	480
Sefton	1,885	480	572	nil
Wirral	1,070	915	3,326	950
Bolton	3,500	2,050	nil	nil
Bury	2,130	641	nil	nil
Manchester	2,280	1,740	510	510
Oldham	1,981	1,584	nil	nil
Rochdale	1,155	430	180	nil
Salford	1,090	150	400	400
Stockport	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Tameside	1,500	1,500	2,490	2,490
Trafford	330	nil	1,560	nil
Wigan	3,330	530	n/a	n/a
Barnsley	1,600	720	nil	nil
Doncaster	1,130	127	nil	nil
Rotherham	3,050	740	830	nil
Sheffield	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Bradford	17,169	8,675	4,003	2,002
Calderdale	4,960	1,230	2,925	845
Kirklees	2,500	578	nil	nil
Leeds	13,939	1,825	3,464	1,056
Wakefield	2,660	1,623	701	491
Gateshead	n/a	n/a	nil	nil
Newcastle upon Tyne	2,000	810	n/a	n/a
North Tyneside	1,250	nil	350	nil
South Tyneside	160	nil	nil	nil
Sunderland	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Isles of Scilly	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Local Education Authority	Places in unremodelled primary schools constructed before 1903	Number in (1) in areas of educational and social disadvantage	Places in unremodelled secondary schools²	Number in (3) in areas of educational and social disadvantage
Avon	30,114	1,683	6,849	1,912
Bedfordshire	2,187	566	nil	nil
Berkshire	3,765	1,232	2,688	nil
Buckinghamshire	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Cambridgeshire	6,600	950	2,945	648
Cheshire	8,177	1,540	592	9
Cleveland	1,750	1,610	n/a	n/a
Cornwall	11,231	2,932	987	498
Cumbria	2,078	763	3,290	2,000
Derbyshire	27,726	4,901	6,535	4,616
Devon	16,000	450	nil	nil
Dorset	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Durham	3,850	190	2,315	n/a
East Sussex³	5,010	620	nil	nil
Essex	7,205	1,077	4,346	n/a
Gloucestershire	13,696	1,749	nil	nil
Hampshire	14,000	4,700	600	600
Hereford and Worcester	2,107	nil	600	nil
Hertfordshire	1,205	30	n/a	n/a
Humberside	8,148	3,020	819	720
Isle of Wight	1,473	425	786	nil
Kent	26,719	88	9,313	n/a
Lancashire	22,980	4,970	3,105	770
Leicestershire	13,990	4,885	2,385	520
Lincolnshire	13,000	nil	3,000	nil
Norfolk	15,571	nil	nil	nil
North Yorkshire	8,300	2,100	nil	nil
Northamptonshire	1,107	n/a	215	n/a
Northumberland	3,005	1,447	654	401
Nottinghamshire	7,435	2,970	1,701	303
Oxfordshire	2,521	150	nil	nil
Shropshire	3,384	420	2,375	nil
Somerset	7,912	1,688	nil	nil
Staffordshire	6,582	827	463	nil
Suffolk	9,550	1,005	600	nil
Surrey	6,149	1,057	960	165
Warwickshire	3,712	nil	nil	nil
West Sussex	3,900	nil	nil	nil
Wiltshire	8,917	1,338	595	nil
¹ Substandard places expected to be occupied in 1987–88
² In which the oldest teaching accommodation was built before 1919 and in which less than one third of total teaching accommodation is in post-1945 construction
³ The authority did not supply the information requested in their response to the Department's letter of 29 June 1984; the figures given were supplied in response to the letter of 15 December 1983
n/a The authority did not complete the relevant section of the form

Volume 111: debated on Monday 23 February 1987