§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will give figures, in total and for each local education authority, on the number and percentage of parental appeals on school admission which are(a) rejected, (b) withdrawn, (c) settled and (d) upheld; and if he will give these figures for both the earliest and latest years for which they are available since 1964.
§ Mr. Robin SquireData on the number of parents securing their first choice of secondary school are not collected centrally. However, the most recent evidence—from surveys commissioned by the Association of Metropolitan Authorities in 1992 andThe Times in 1993—shows that some 90 per cent. of parents gain a place at their first choice of school.
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