Playing Fields Mr. Rob Wilson To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools sold their playing fields in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local authority. Kevin Brennan In the last 10 years the Secretary of State has approved 187 applications that involve the sale of an area of land capable of forming a sports pitch of at least 0.2 hectares at schools in England. The analysis is shown in the following table. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Local authority |Total|1998|1999|2000|2001|2002|2003|2004|2005|2006|2007| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barnet |1 |— |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bath and NE Somerset |2 |— |— |— |— |— |1 |— |— |— |1 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bedfordshire |2 |— |1 |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bexley |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |1 |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bolton |1 |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bracknell Forest |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |1 |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bristol |4 |1 |— |— |— |— |— |1 |1 |— |1 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Buckinghamshire |4 |— |1 |3 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bury |1 |— |— |— |— |— |1 |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Calderdale |1 |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cambridge |1 |— |— |— |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Camden |2 |— |— |1 |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cheshire |6 |1 |— |2 |2 |— |1 |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Coventry |3 |— |— |— |— |1 |— |— |— |1 |1 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Croydon |1 |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cumbria |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |1 |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Derby |3 |— |— |— |— |— |3 |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Derbyshire |3 |— |2 |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Devon |2 |— |1 |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dorset |1 |— |— |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dudley |1 |— |— |— |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Durham |3 |— |1 |1 |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ealing |1 |— |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Riding of Yorkshire|1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |1 |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Enfield |1 |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Essex |5 |— |1 |1 |2 |— |1 |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gloucestershire |3 |— |— |1 |— |— |— |1 |— |1 |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Greenwich |1 |— |— |— |— |— |1 |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Halton |1 |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hammersmith and Fulham |2 |— |1 |— |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hampshire |2 |— |— |— |— |1 |— |— |1 |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Havering |2 |— |— |1 |— |— |— |1 |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hertfordshire |6 |— |2 |— |— |1 |1 |— |— |2 |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kent |5 |— |1 |2 |1 |— |— |— |1 |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lancashire |4 |— |2 |1 |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leeds |3 |— |1 |— |2 |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leicester |1 |— |— |— |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leicestershire |1 |— |— |— |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lewisham |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |1 |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lincolnshire |2 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |2 |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Liverpool |2 |— |— |— |1 |— |— |1 |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Manchester |7 |— |— |— |— |6 |— |— |1 |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Medway |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |1 |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Merton |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |1 |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Milton Keynes |3 |— |2 |— |— |— |1 |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Newcastle |2 |— |2 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Norfolk |3 |— |— |2 |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Somerset |1 |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Tyneside |2 |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— |1 |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Yorkshire |1 |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northants |3 |— |— |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— |2 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northumberland |3 |— |1 |1 |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Nottingham |1 |— |— |— |— |— |1 |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Nottinghamshire |4 |— |— |1 |— |— |— |— |1 |— |2 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Oxfordshire |6 |— |1 |1 |— |1 |2 |— |— |1 |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Peterborough |2 |— |— |— |1 |— |1 |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Reading |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |1 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Redcar and Cleveland |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |1 |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rochdale |2 |— |1 |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Salford |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |1 |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sheffield |1 |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Shropshire |1 |— |— |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Slough |1 |— |— |— |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Gloucestershire |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |1 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Staffordshire |2 |— |1 |— |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Stockton |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |1 |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Surrey |10 |— |4 |4 |— |— |— |— |1 |— |1 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Swindon |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |1 |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tameside |1 |— |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Trafford |2 |— |— |1 |— |— |1 |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wakefield |3 |— |3 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Walsall |2 |— |1 |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Warwickshire |5 |1 |1 |1 |2 |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Sussex |4 |— |2 |— |— |2 |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wigan |4 |— |3 |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wiltshire |7 |— |— |— |1 |1 |1 |— |— |— |4 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wirral |1 |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wokingham |3 |— |— |— |— |1 |— |2 |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wolverhampton |1 |— |— |1 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Worcestershire |2 |— |— |— |1 |— |— |1 |— |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |187 |7 |42 |31 |21 |24 |16 |13 |11 |8 |14 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------