To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the number of surplus school places for each borough in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) London.
The following figures derive from a survey of school capacity carried out by the Department in 1991. They were calculated by comparing the capacity derived from the more open enrolment formula with the number of pupils on roll at each school.
| Primary Surplus places | Secondary Surplus places | |
| Greater Manchester | ||
| Bolton | 1,602 | 1,612 |
| Bury | 0 | 1,013 |
| Manchester | 7,617 | 13,350 |
| Oldham | 1,319 | 1,692 |
| Rochdale | 3,029 | 1— |
| Salford | 4,185 | 3,711 |
| Stockport | 3,357 | 3,474 |
| Tameside | 968 | 1,854 |
| Trafford | 1,878 | 2,955 |
| Wigan | 7,811 | 4,025 |
| Inner London | ||
| City | 21 | 2— |
| Camden | 972 | 1,148 |
| Greenwich | 3,026 | 3,756 |
| Hackney | 3,019 | 1— |
| Hammersmith | 2,981 | 3,925 |
| Islington | 4,436 | 1,715 |
| Kensington | 1,090 | 1,046 |
| Lambeth | 4,479 | 3,852 |
| Lewisham | 1,609 | 3,223 |
| Southwark | 7,484 | 3,837 |
| Tower Hamlets | 2,864 | 1,051 |
| Wandsworth | 9,228 | 3,908 |
| Westminster | 886 | 578 |
| Outer London | ||
| Barking | 1,368 | 717 |
| Barnet | 1,463 | 983 |
Primary Surplus places
| Secondary Surplus places
| |
| Bexley | 2,914 | 3,436 |
| Brent | 6,832 | 4,480 |
| Bromley | 2,259 | 1,309 |
| Croydon | 3,389 | 3,149 |
| Ealing | 3,016 | 3,533 |
| Enfield | 765 | 3,976 |
| Haringey | 1— | 1— |
| Harrow | 888 | 466 |
| Havering | 1,971 | 3,229 |
| Hillingdon | 3,635 | 3,693 |
| Hounslow | 1,226 | 2,598 |
| Kingston | 485 | 1,117 |
| Merton | 1,637 | 2,311 |
| Newham | 4,587 | 3,899 |
| Redbridge | 796 | 695 |
| Richmond | 1,845 | 643 |
| Sutton | 1,386 | 513 |
| Waltham Forest | 1,445 | 2,706 |
1 Data not provided | ||
2 No Secondary schools | ||
Rising and shifting populations and changes in school capacity mean that the surplus place levels in individual LEAs may have changed since the survey was done. We are currently consulting LEAs on the scope for surplus place removal in their areas. In the case of some LEAs the 1991 figures are subject to revision in the light of amendments subsequently provided by the LEA.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the effect of the Greenwich judgment on the limitation of places for pupils from Marston Green who wish to study in the Heart of England school at Balsall Common, in Solihull, caused by pressure from pupils living in Birmingham and Coventry.
The effect of the Greenwich judgment is to enhance parental choice by removing restrictions on school admissions based on LEA administrative boundaries. The Government have no plans to introduce legislation to reverse the judgment.