Asked by: David Ward (Liberal Democrat - Bradford East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary school places were created in Bradford between 2005 and 2010.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The Department collects information from local authorities on the number of school places in state-funded primary and secondary schools as part of the annual School Capacity Collection.
Data for 2010 can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-capacity-2009-to-2010-final.
In 2005 this information was collected as part of the Surplus Places Survey, and data is available at:
A comparison of the position in 2005 and 2010, showing the net change in capacity in Bradford local authority, is given in the table below. Positive figures indicate an overall increase in places; negative figures indicate an overall decrease in places. A decrease in places can be the consequence of actions to address over-supply, remove unsuitable place provision, or if restructuring the school system. Bradford, like many LAs, reduced the number of available school places during the previous decade when the primary population was falling by removing surplus places, with the objective of improving efficiency.
Change in number of places in primary schools (including all through and middle-deemed primary schools) 2005 to 2010 | Change in number of places in secondary schools (including all-through and middle deemed secondary schools) 2005 to 2010 (1) | |
Bradford | -1,071 | 1,905 |
Source: Surplus Places Survey 2005 and School Capacity 2010 | ||
(1) Secondary capacity in 2010 used to calculate change in number of places includes places in academies | ||
Asked by: David Ward (Liberal Democrat - Bradford East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school places were created in Bradford between 2005 and 2010.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The Department collects information from local authorities on the number of school places in state-funded primary and secondary schools as part of the annual School Capacity Collection.
Data for 2010 can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-capacity-2009-to-2010-final.
In 2005 this information was collected as part of the Surplus Places Survey, and data is available at:
A comparison of the position in 2005 and 2010, showing the net change in capacity in Bradford local authority, is given in the table below. Positive figures indicate an overall increase in places; negative figures indicate an overall decrease in places. A decrease in places can be the consequence of actions to address over-supply, remove unsuitable place provision, or if restructuring the school system. Bradford, like many LAs, reduced the number of available school places during the previous decade when the primary population was falling by removing surplus places, with the objective of improving efficiency.
Change in number of places in primary schools (including all through and middle-deemed primary schools) 2005 to 2010 | Change in number of places in secondary schools (including all-through and middle deemed secondary schools) 2005 to 2010 (1) | |
Bradford | -1,071 | 1,905 |
Source: Surplus Places Survey 2005 and School Capacity 2010 | ||
(1) Secondary capacity in 2010 used to calculate change in number of places includes places in academies | ||
Asked by: David Ward (Liberal Democrat - Bradford East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the budget for schools in Bradford was in each year from 2010 to 2015.
Answered by David Laws
Local authorities are required under section 251 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 to submit an education and children’s social care budget statement to the Secretary of State for Education. The table below shows the total schools revenue budget in Bradford for each financial year from 2010-2011 to 2014-2015.
Financial Year | Bradford Total Schools Budget (Gross) |
2010-2011 | £452,625,979 |
2011-2012 | £459,056,058 |
2012-2013 | £461,264,559 |
2013-2014 | £484,412,063 |
2014-2015 | £506,406,211 |
Source: Local authority section 251 budget statements 2010-2011 to 2014-2015
To be noted before making year-on-year comparisons:
An explanation of each expenditure category within the section 251 budget can be found in the guidance documentation published online at:
For the financial years 2011–2012 to 2012–2013, the table contains schools revenue budget data for local authority maintained schools only, excluding academies. From 2013-2014, the total schools revenue budget has been reported to the Department for Education prior to academy recoupment and does therefore include academy data.
During 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 the schools revenue budget data included the pupil premium. In 2013–2014 and 2014–2015 the pupil premium was paid as a separate grant and no longer included in this data.
Asked by: David Ward (Liberal Democrat - Bradford East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school places have been created in Bradford since 2010.
Answered by Edward Timpson
I refer the hon. Member for Bradford East, David Ward, to the reply given to my hon. Friend, the Member for Basingstoke, Maria Miller, in PQ 223454.
Asked by: David Ward (Liberal Democrat - Bradford East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free school places have been created in Bradford since 2010.
Answered by Edward Timpson
We have opened seven free schools in Bradford since 2010, which once they reach their eventual capacity, will have created 3931 free school places.
One further free school is currently in the pipeline. When this school reaches its eventual capacity, it will have created 420 places.
Asked by: David Ward (Liberal Democrat - Bradford East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary school places have been created in Bradford since 2010.
Answered by Edward Timpson
I refer the hon. Member for Bradford East, David Ward, to the reply given to my hon. Friend, the Member for Basingstoke, Maria Miller, in PQ 223454.
Asked by: David Ward (Liberal Democrat - Bradford East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total schools budget in Bradford was in each year between 2005 and 2010.
Answered by David Laws
Local authorities are required under Section 251 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 to submit an education and children’s social care budget statement to the Secretary of State for Education. The table below shows the total schools revenue budget in Bradford for each financial year from 2005-06 to 2010-11.
Financial Year | Bradford Total Schools Budget |
2005 - 2006 | £351,631,703 |
2006 - 2007 | £367,021,268 |
2007 - 2008 | £405,440,362 |
2008 - 2009 | £415,047,515 |
2009 - 2010 | £431,879,421 |
2010 - 2011 | £452,625,979 |
Source: Local authority Section 251 budget statements 2005-2006 to 2010-2011
Asked by: David Ward (Liberal Democrat - Bradford East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that Bradford has enough school places.
Answered by David Laws
Local authorities are responsible for planning and securing sufficient school places in their area. We have committed £5 billion between 2011 and 2015 to help local authorities to create new school places, and an additional £2.35 billion up to 2017. Bradford has been allocated £88million in Basic Need funding for 2011 to 2017, in addition to centrally funded places through the Free Schools programme.
Asked by: David Ward (Liberal Democrat - Bradford East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school children have received funding through the pupil premium in (a) Bradford East constituency and (b) Bradford.
Answered by David Laws
The Pupil Premium was introduced in April 2011. The available information is shown in the tables attached.
Information on deprivation pupil premium by primary and secondary year groups was first published in 2013/14. Data in this form prior to this date is not readily available.
Asked by: David Ward (Liberal Democrat - Bradford East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nursery school places have been created in (a) Bradford East constituency and (b) Bradford since 2008.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The Department for Education does not collect or hold information about the number of places which have been created or are available in nursery schools.
Information is available about the number of pupils in nursery schools in Bradford in 2014[1] and 2008[2] and this can be found in the respective Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics statistical first releases.
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014
[2] http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120504203418/http://education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000786/index.shtml