§ 67. Mr. N. Macphersonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many appeals he received in 1952 from parents against decisions of local education authorities' promotion boards, based on the results of promotion examinations, as to the course of study to be followed by a child at a secondary school; how many he allowed; how many he disallowed; and how many he referred back to the local education authority or promotion board with or without a recommendation.
§ Mr. J. StuartThirteen appeals were received. In seven cases the decision of the education authority was confirmed and in five the authority were informed that I was unable to confirm their opinion that the pupil showed no reasonable promise of profiting from the course desired by the parent and were asked to
74Wbeen received for only 218 houses. The numbers approved and the amount of the annual Exchequer contributions are shown in Part I of the Table below. I have no information about the number of applications for grant made to local authorities by private people. The number of improvements approved by local authorities, the total amount of grant promised and the annual Exchequer contributions paid are shown in Part II of the table.
reconsider their decision. In one case the authority had agreed to meet the parent's wishes before the appeal could be considered.