Grant-Maintained Schools

Mr. Matthew Taylor
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the number of schools for each education authority which have applied for grant-maintained status and the number which have expressed to his Department or to the Grant Maintained Schools Trust an interest in so doing.

Mr. Eggar
The table gives the number of schools within each education authority which (a) have been approved for GM status; (b) have published GM proposals on which decisions are pending; (c) are preparing GM proposals following a ballot in favour of seeking GM status; and (d) are holding or are committed to holding a ballot.---------------------------
|Local Education Authority|
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|Avon                     |
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|Bedfordshire             |
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|Berkshire                |
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|Buckinghamshire          |
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|Cambridgeshire           |
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|Cheshire                 |
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|Cumbria                  |
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|Derbyshire               |
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|Devon                    |
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|Dorset                   |
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|Essex                    |
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|Gloucestershire          |
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|Hampshire                |
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|Hertfordshire            |
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|Humberside               |
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|Kent                     |
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|Lancashire               |
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|Leicestershire           |
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|Lincolnshire             |
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|Norfolk                  |
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|Northamptonshire         |
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|Shropshire               |
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|Somerset                 |
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|Surrey                   |
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|Warwickshire             |
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|Wiltshire                |
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|Hammersmith              |
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|Kensington               |
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|Lewisham                 |
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|Southwark                |
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|Tower Hamlets            |
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|Wandsworth               |
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|Barnet        |
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|Brent         |
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|Bromley       |
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|Ealing        |
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|Hillingdon    |
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|Newham        |
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|Sutton        |
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|Waltham Forest|
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|Birmingham    |
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|Dudley        |
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|Sandwell      |
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|Wolverhampton |
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|Liverpool     |
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|Bolton        |
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|Rochdale      |
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|Tameside      |
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|Bradford      |
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|Calderdale    |
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|Kirklees      |
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|Total         |
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