HL Deb 20 May 1999 vol 601 cc54-6WA
Lord Peston

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will list for 1965, 1970, 1975 1980, 1990 and 1995 and the latest year available for maintained schools in England the number of pupils achieving five or more GCSEs or the equivalent: no GCSEs or equivalent: and the number achieving two or more A-levels, each as a percentage of the relevant age group. [HL2502]

Baroness Blackstone

The information requested on GCSE and GCE A-level achievements of pupils in maintained schools in England is:

Appeals lodged by parents against non-admission of their children to maintained secondary schools by local education authority areas. England 1996–97
Local Education Authority Area Capacity in Secondary Schools Appeah lodged
(2) Number

(3)

 Percentage
Harrow 8,199 221 2.7
Bradford 47,769 1.278 2.7
Tameside 14,878 398 2.7
Hounslow 15,515 411 2.6
Solihull 14,938 376 2.5
Tower Hamlets 13.510 316 2.3
City of Kingston-Upon-Hull 18,314 412 2.2
Lancashire 85,606 1,882 2.2
Buckinghamshire (1) 28,381 618 2.2
Greenwich 14,583 314 2.2
Leeds 48,304 1,031 2.1
Dudley 20,133 427 2.1
Haringey 10,854 229 2.1
Bexley 15,423 302 2.0
Redbridge 14,956 290 1.9
Ealing 14,262 255 1.8
North East Lincolnshire 12,815 227 1.8
Hammersmith and Fulham 7,137 126 1.8
Wirral 25,384 442 1.7
Warwickshire 33,712 584 1.7
Havering 16,611 282 1.7
City of Bristol 19,692 325 1.7
Calderdale 14,806 242 1.6
Lambeth 9,252 150 1.6
Wigan 19,348 312 1.6
Hertfordshire 80,043 1,284 1.6
Islington 8,649 136 1.6
Berkshire 54,061 848 1.6
Stoke (1) 13,635 206 1.5
Coventry 22,895 340 1.5
Shropshire 27,455 404 1.5
Darlington (1) 6,158 89 1.4
Manchester 28,699 413 1.4

Appeals lodged by parents against non-admission of their children to maintained secondary schools by local education authority areas. England 1996–97
Local Education Authority Area Capacity in Secondary Schools Appeals lodged
(2) Number

(3)

 Percentage
Barking and Dagenham 10,330 143 1.4
Kensington and Chelsea 3,980 54 1.4
Newcastle upon Tyne 19,838 267 1.3
North Somerset 12,745 171 1.3
Surrey 53,582 695 1.3
Southwark 10,617 137 1.3
Stockport 16,950 213 1.3
Brent 14,589 179 1.2
Luton (1) 12,048 145 1.2
Kent 116,559 1,399 1.2
Bolton 17,922 190 1.1
Leicester City (1) 21,071 221 1.0
York 10,780 111 1.0
Gateshead 14,233 144 1.0
North Yorkshire 39,231 396 1.0
Trafford 15,615 155 1.0
Sheffield 27,470 267 1.0
Merton 8,650 83 1.0
Gloucestershire 36,371 334 0.9
City of Derby (1) 16,031 147 0.9
Poole(l) 8,032 73 0.9
Wolverhampton 17,399 158 0.9
Rotherham 20,484 186 0.9
Rutland (1) 2,202 19 0.9
Hillingdon 15,178 129 0.8
Walsall 21,318 181 0.8
St. Helens 13,154 109 0.8
Oldham 17,200 139 0.8
East Riding of Yorkshire 22,329 173 0.8
Cambridgeshire 43,429 335 0.8
Isle of Wight 11,323 86 0.8
Bournemouth (1) 9,700 69 0.7
Lincolnshire 43,408 301 0.7
Sefton 21,642 146 0.7
Durham (1) 36,225 242 0.7
Sandwell 19,653 130 0.7
Stockton-on-Tees 14,077 87 0.6
Sunderland 21,486 132 0.6
Milton Keynes (1) 11,973 71 0.6
East Sussex (1) 26,689 158 0.6
South Tyneside 11,185 66 0.6
Rochdale 15,545 91 0.6
Dorset (1) 27,922 161 0.6
Staffordshire (1) 54,805 314 0.6
Devon 57,900 330 0.6
Newham 16,485 91 0.6
Cornwall 29,837 160 0.5
Brighton & Hove 12,073 64 0.5
Kirklees 26,269 138 0.5
Essex 113,207 571 0.5
Southampton (1) 11,536 58 0.5
Salford 13,581 66 0.5
Bedfordshire (1) 40,134 175 0.4
Cheshire 68,579 296 0.4
Oxfordshire 41,281 178 0.4
Northamptonshire 49,998 208 0.4
Derbyshire (1) 48,911 201 0.4
Wiltshire (1) 27,993 109 0.4
Somerset 29,652 115 0.4
Hartlepool 7,003 26 0.4
Hereford and Worcester 49,884 184 0.4
West Sussex 45,636 164 0.4
North Lincolnshire 11,939 42 0.4
Nottinghamshire 75,637 263 0.3
Northumberland 31,754 104 0.3
Doncaster 24,190 79 0.3
Redcar and Cleveland 11,571 37 0.3

Appeals lodged by parents against non-admission of their children to maintained secondary schools by local education authority areas. England 1996–97
Local Education Authority Area Capacity in Secondary Schools Appeals lodged
(2) Number

(3)

 Percentage
Hampshire (1) 70,260 222 0.3
Barnsley 14,423 36 0.2
Leicestershire (1) 43,554 108 0.2
Portsmouth (1) 8,891 22 0.2
Swindon (1) 12,301 27 0.2
Suffolk 54,359 106 0.2
Norfolk 45,208 82 0.2
North Tyneside 16,248 27 0.2
Wakefield 21,109 15 0.1
Cumbria 34,344 19 0.1
Middlesbrough 9,768 0 0.0
Knowsley 10,393 0 0.0
City of London 0 $ 0.0
Isles of Scilly 238 0 0.0
(1) From April 1997.
(2) Number of secondary places by LEA in stage 2 and 3 authorities (stage 1 authorities not collected on surplus place survey).
(3) Includes appeals which were withdrawn or settled before they were heard by a committee.
$ No schools of this type.

Baroness David

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will list in descending order the cost of administering admission appeals for each English local education authority for the most recent year for which figures are available. [HL2505]

Baroness Blackstone

The information requested is not collected centrally.