§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will state in total and for each local education authority for 1992–93 and 1993–94 the number of parents who made admission appeals which were(a) withdrawn before appeal committee stage, (b) settled to the mutual satisfaction of both parties before appeal committee stage, (c) heard by appeal committee and rejected and (d) heard and decided in the parents' favour.
§ Mr. Robin SquireInformation on appeals lodged by parents against the non-admission of their children to the maintained school of their choice for each local education authority area for 1992–93 is given in the table. Information for 1993–94 is not yet available.
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Appeals by parents against non-admission of their children to maintained (including Grant Maintained) primary and secondary schools in each local education authority area in England—Academic year 1992–93 Appeals Committee outcome Local Education Authority Area Total appeals lodged Withdrawn before reaching Appeals Committee Settled to mutual satisfaction Decided in parents favour Rejected Salford 134 0 64 34 36 Stockport 92 0 0 40 52 Tameside 173 12 3 97 61 Trafford 237 12 45 46 134 Wigan 158 6 59 39 54 Barnsley 0 0 0 0 0 Doncaster 55 4 8 10 33 Rotherham 140 10 18 43 69 Sheffield 595 135 306 99 55 Bradford 1,457 91 463 339 564 Calderdale 1138 52 24 13 48 Kirklees 221 18 90 61 52 Leeds 2,360 47 1,496 444 373 Wakefield '93 2 28 30 33 Gateshead 29 1 12 3 13 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 136 3 58 58 17 North Tyneside 16 1 4 1 10 South Tyneside 45 3 16 10 16 Sunderland 73 4 0 28 41 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0 Avon 1,115 149 94 462 410 Bedfordshire 92 0 11 39 42 Berkshire 625 34 20 202 369 Buckinghamshire2 580 24 10 161 385 Cambridge 315 12 58 121 124 Cheshire 147 38 2 20 87 Cleveland 80 10 10 14 46 Cornwall 51 2 8 19 22 Cumbria 99 11 29 34 25 Derbyshire 485 27 65 175 218 Devon 541 51 119 99 272 Dorset 340 6 35 136 163 Durham 392 19 117 142 114 East Sussex 298 16 45 85 151 Essex 440 32 128 102 178 Gloucestershire 279 17 63 87 112 Hampshire 148 55 6 28 59 Hereford and Worcester 273 18 48 62 145 Hertfordshire 1,071 127 86 275 583 Humberside 457 42 49 180 186 Isle of Wight 37 3 8 13 13 Kent2 975 203 355 142 275 Lancashire 2,400 425 63 1,132 780 Leicestershire 373 22 31 78 242 Lincolnshire 240 33 20 113 74 Norfolk 183 19 46 43 75 North Yorkshire 533 32 0 311 190 Northamptonshire 103 4 29 27 43 Northumberland 51 0 0 30 21 Nottinghamshire 322 84 11 91 136 Oxfordshire 374 9 6 202 157 Shropshire 360 5 23 297 35 Somerset 379 5 144 120 110 Staffordshire 190 18 6 72 94 Suffolk 150 17 40 60 33 Surrey 640 75 160 180 225 Warwickshire 160 13 49 60 38 West Sussex 187 29 14 39 105 Wiltshire 151 43 25 20 63 England Total3 41,927 4,005 8,295 12,080 17,527 Notes: 1 One appeal was withdrawn after being heard by the appeals committee but before the outcome was decided. 2 LEAs which did not submit a complete return. 3 The total number of appeals lodged includes 19 appeals which were heard by the outcome of which had not been decided when the information was collected.