Pupil Referral Units Tim Loughton To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2009, Official Report, columns 997-8W, on pupil referral units, what the equivalent figures are for each local authority area. Mr. Coaker This is a matter for Ofsted. HM Chief Inspector, Christine Gilbert, has written to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply has been placed in the Libraries. Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 20 October 2009: Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for response. In my response to Parliamentary Question 282023 of 9 July 2009, I indicated that 130 pupil referral units are recorded as having closed between 1 June 2004 and 31 May 2009. Of these, 54 were never inspected by Ofsted and 37 had received no more than one inspection. Eight of these 37 were placed in special measures at that inspection. Table A shows the Local Authority of the 54 pupil referral units which were not inspected by Ofsted; and Table B shows the Local Authority of the 37 pupil referral units which received no more than one inspection, indicating where that inspection resulted in the unit being placed in special measures. A copy of this reply has been sent to Vernon Coaker MP, Minister of State for Schools and Learners, and placed in the library of both Houses. --------------------------------------------------- |Local authority |Number of pupil referral units| --------------------------------------------------- |Bolton |7 | --------------------------------------------------- |Brent |3 | --------------------------------------------------- |Bristol City of |1 | --------------------------------------------------- |Bromley |1 | --------------------------------------------------- |Cambridgeshire |1 | --------------------------------------------------- |Coventry |1 | --------------------------------------------------- |Doncaster |1 | --------------------------------------------------- |Enfield |1 | --------------------------------------------------- |Essex |2 | --------------------------------------------------- |Havering |2 | --------------------------------------------------- |Hillingdon |1 | --------------------------------------------------- |Hounslow |2 | --------------------------------------------------- |Knowsley |1 | --------------------------------------------------- |Lambeth |1 | --------------------------------------------------- |Lancashire |1 | --------------------------------------------------- |Leicester |1 | --------------------------------------------------- |Leicestershire |2 | --------------------------------------------------- |Lewisham |1 | --------------------------------------------------- |Manchester |1 | --------------------------------------------------- |Medway |1 | --------------------------------------------------- |Northamptonshire |1 | --------------------------------------------------- |Reading |5 | --------------------------------------------------- |Rotherham |1 | --------------------------------------------------- |Salford |1 | --------------------------------------------------- |Somerset |3 | --------------------------------------------------- |Southwark |1 | --------------------------------------------------- |Telford and Wrekin|1 | --------------------------------------------------- |Thurrock |1 | --------------------------------------------------- |Trafford |1 | --------------------------------------------------- |Waltham Forest |3 | --------------------------------------------------- |West Berkshire |3 | --------------------------------------------------- |Wokingham |1 | --------------------------------------------------- |Total |54 | --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Local authority |Number of pupil referral units inspected no more than once|Of these: number of pupil referral units placed in special measures at that inspection| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barnsley |1 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bolton |1 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Brent |1 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Camden |1 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cornwall |2 |1 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Coventry |1 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Essex |2 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gloucestershire |1 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hampshire |1 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Islington |1 |1 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lambeth |1 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lancashire |1 |1 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leeds |1 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leicester |1 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lewisham |1 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Liverpool |1 |1 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Milton Keynes |1 |1 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East Lincolnshire|1 |1 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Tyneside |1 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northamptonshire |1 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Nottinghamshire |1 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Portsmouth |1 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rotherham |1 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Salford |1 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Somerset |3 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Southwark |1 |1 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Stockton-on-Tees |1 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Stoke-on-Trent |1 |1 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Telford and Wrekin |1 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Berkshire |2 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wigan |2 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |37 |8 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------