§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science on how many occasions she has received representations from parents against the allocation by local education authorities of their children to (a) primary and (b) secondary school places between 1st January and 31st December 1977; and on how many of those occasions she gave a direction to the local education authority concerned under Section 68 of the Education Act 1944 on the ground that she was satisfied that it was acting or proposing to act unreasonably in relation to (i) primary schools and (ii) secondary schools.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonThe information requested by my hon. Friend is as follows for 1977:
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FROM PARENTS AGAINST SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATED BY LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES Primary 61 Secondary 1,124
DIRECTIONS GIVEN TO LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES UNDER SECTION 68 OF THE EDUCATION ACT 1944 Primary 0 Secondary 2