Grant-maintained Schools (Hansard, 6 November 1992)

§ Mrs. Ann Taylor
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many(a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each local education authority in Wales are eligible to apply for grant-maintained status; how many in each case have held ballots under section 61 of the Education Reform Act 1988; how many ballots in each case resulted in votes to seek grant-maintained status, and how many of these have been the subject of section 12 or 13 reorganisation proposals; how many ballots in each case resulted in votes against seeking grant-maintained status and how many of these have been subject to section 12 or 13 notices; and what are the totals in each category.

§ Sir Wyn Roberts
All primary and secondary schools in Wales are eligible to apply to become grant-maintained schools. Details of the number per authority can be found in table 1.02 of Welsh Office publication "Statistics of Education in Wales: Schools No. 5, 1991", a copy of which is in the Library of the House.
To date, four primary schools and 10 secondary schools have balloted on whether to proceed with an application to the Secretary of State for grant-maintained status. All the primary schools and six of the secondary school ballots resulted in a majority in favour of applying for grant-maintained status. Of these, two of the primary schools and three of the secondary schools were the subject of section 12 or 13 reorganisation proposals. None of the secondary schools where the vote was against applying for grant maintained status was the subject of section 12 or 13 notices.

§ Mrs. Ann Taylor
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales in how many ballots in Wales under section 61 of the Education Reform Act 1988, where a simple majority of parents voted in favour of seeking grant-maintained status, the proportion of such parents was(a) above 69 per cent., (b) between 60 and 69 per cent., (c) between 50 and 59 per cent., (d) between 40 and 49 per cent., (e) between 30 and 39 per cent. and (f) below 30 per cent. of the number of parents eligible to vote.

§ Sir Wyn Roberts
The information is as follows:

Per cent.

i.above 69 2

ii.between 60 and 69 3

iii.between 50 and 59 3

iv.between 40 and 49 1

v.between 30 and 39 nil

vi.below 30 1

§ Mrs. Ann Taylor
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many ballots, in Wales, on grant-maintained476W status have resulted in participation rates (a) above 79 per cent., (b) between 70 and 79 per cent., (c) between 60 and 69 per cent., (d) between 50 and 59 per cent. and (e) below 50 per cent.

§ Sir Wyn Roberts
The information is as follows:

Per cent.

i. Above 79 3

ii. Between 70 and 79 4

iii. Between 60 and 69 5

iv. Between 50 and 59 2

v. Below 50 Nil

	Per cent.
i.above 69	2
ii.between 60 and 69	3
iii.between 50 and 59	3
iv.between 40 and 49	1
v.between 30 and 39	nil
vi.below 30	1

	Per cent.
i. Above 79	3
ii. Between 70 and 79	4
iii. Between 60 and 69	5
iv. Between 50 and 59	2
v. Below 50	Nil