§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will list in the Official Report the number of appeals received by him in the last year under (i) section 5(6) and (ii) section 8(6) of the Education Act 59W 1981; and whether he will provide a breakdown of the decisions made in respect of those appeals and state the number on which a decision is outstanding and the average time for a decision to be made.
§ Mr. DunnThe information is as follows:
Appeals under section 5(6) of the Education Act 1981 during the period 1 July 1985 to 30 June 1986 LEA Number of appeals LEA decision upheld Direction under section 5(8) Not yet decided Barnet 1 1 — — Bury 2 — — 1 Cheshire 3 — — 3 Dorset 1 — — 1 Durham 1 — — 1 Hampshire 1 — — — Hereford and Worcester 2 1 — — Humberside 1 — — — Kent 1 — — — Lancashire 1 — — — Newham 1 — — 1 Norfolk 1 — — 1 Nottinghamshire 3 1 — — Oxfordshire 3 — 2 1 Solihull 1 — — 1 Surrey 2 1 — 1 Tameside 1 — — 1 Total 26 4 2 12 In five instances, Bury (1), Humberside (1), Lancashire (1), Nottingham (2) the LEA have agreed to make a statement following informal decisions with the Department.
In three instances, Hampshire (1), Hereford and Worcester (1), Kent (1), the appeal was withdrawn.
Appeals under Section 8(6) of the Education Act 1981 during the period 1 July 1985 to 30 June 1986 LEA Number of appeals Statement confirmed Statement amended Not yet decided Avon 1 — 1 — Barnet 3 3 — — Buckinghamshire 1 — — 1 Cheshire 1 1 — — Croydon 1 — — 1 Cumbria 1 1 — — Doncaster 1 — 1 — Durham 1 1 — — Gloucestershire 1 — — 1 Hertfordshire 1 1 — — Humberside 1 — 1 — Lancashire 1 — — 1 Leicestershire 1 1 — — Lincolnshire 1 1 — — North Yorkshire 2 — — 1 Rochdale 1 — — 1 60W
£ Cash Prices Index of Salaries Relative to Average Earnings Index, April 1986 = 100 Senior Teacher Lecturer II minimum Senior Lecturer maximum Senior Teacher Lecturer II minimum Senior Lecturer maximum 1 April 1979 minimum 5,838 4,470 108.7 109.9 maximum 7,722 8,253 106.6 109.9 1 September 1980 minimum 7,887 6,012 109.1 109.7 maximum 10,656 11,295 109.1 111.8
LEA Number of appeals Statement confirmed Statement amended Not yet decided Solihull 1 1 — — Surrey 2 1 — 1 Wolverhampton 1 1 — — Total 23 12 3 7 In one instance, north Yorkshire, the appeal was withdrawn.
The average length of time taken for a decision to be made was approximately 16 weeks.