§ 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 of parents who secured the
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Admission Appeals 1988–891 Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools2 Not heard by appeals committee: Heard by appeals committee: Appeals withdrawn before committee stage Appeals settled to mutual satisfaction of authority and parents before committee stage Appeals rejected by committee Appeals decided in parent's favour by committee Local education authority number percentage number percentage number percentage number percentage Barking and Dagenham 0 0 2 11 14 78 2 11 Barnet 26 9 38 13 172 59 57 19 Bexley 48 52 2 2 22 24 21 23 Brent 13 22 14 23 23 38 9 15 Bromley 9 2 36 10 233 62 99 26 Croydon 40 10 71 19 210 55 61 16 Ealing 15 13 14 12 52 44 37 31 Enfield 10 3 24 7 226 67 76 23 Haringey 9 13 4 6 26 37 31 44 Harrow 0 0 0 0 109 64 61 36 Havering 17 9 0 0 134 68 45 23 Hillingdon 11 9 42 34 38 31 32 26 Hounslow 5 9 0 0 1 2 52 90 Kingston Upon Thames 7 19 0 0 26 70 4 11 Merton 12 18 21 32 10 15 22 34 Newham3 — — — — — — — — Redbridge 0 0 0 0 270 77 82 23 Richmond Upon Thames 5 4 5 4 60 51 48 41 secondary school of their first choice for their child; and if he will give these figures for both the earliest and latest years for which they are available since 1964.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe information requested for the academic years 1988–89 and 1991–92, the earliest and latest dates for which information is available, is given in the tables.
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Not heard by appeals committee: Heard by appeals committee: Appeals withdrawn before committee stage Appeals settled to mutual satisfaction of authority and parents before committee stage Appeals rejected by committee Appeals decided in parent's favour by committee Local education authority number percentage number percentage number percentage number percentage Sutton 15 4 204 60 64 19 54 16 Waltham Forest 0 0 6 7 44 53 33 40 Birmingham 171 15 12 1 558 50 372 33 Coventry 9 7 15 11 52 39 57 43 Dudley 1 4 6 26 12 52 4 17 Sandwell 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100 Solihull 4 3 25 21 36 31 53 45 Walsall 10 11 1 1 38 40 45 47 Wolverhampton 0 0 0 0 61 72 24 28 Knowsley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Liverpool 0 0 23 10 114 49 94 41 St. Helens 5 4 21 17 46 38 50 41 Sefton 6 23 2 8 11 42 7 27 Wirral 120 44 0 0 93 34 60 22 Bolton 0 0 8 9 24 26 61 65 Bury 24 5 94 21 89 20 238 53 Manchester 6 1 187 36 192 37 134 26 Oldham 0 0 109 37 127 43 59 20 Rochdale 88 38 0 0 69 30 75 32 Salford 1 3 6 20 6 20 17 57 Stockport 32 25 5 4 46 35 41 32 Tameside 1 1 5 4 12 9 115 86 Trafford 1 1 4 2 85 52 69 43 Wigan 11 19 16 27 18 31 14 24 Barnsley 3 10 2 7 7 23 18 60 Doncaster 6 7 16 18 27 30 39 44 Rotherham 3 7 5 12 21 49 14 33 Sheffield 36 13 198 74 1 0 34 13 Bradford 5 1 252 31 293 36 257 32 Calderdale 57 29 1 1 90 46 48 24 Kirklees 4 3 15 12 19 16 81 66 Leeds 0 0 0 0 25 10 238 90 Wakefield 0 0 1 1 34 41 48 58 Gateshead 2 4 8 15 18 35 23 44 Newcastle upon Tyne 0 0 8 21 0 0 31 79 North Tyneside 0 0 21 48 21 48 2 5 South Tyneside 0 0 4 100 0 0 0 0 Sunderland 6 4 5 4 76 54 55 39 Inner London Education Authority 471 19 0 0 1,326 54 650 27 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Avon 60 11 66 12 176 33 220 41 Bedfordshire 8 3 15 7 114 50 88 38 Berkshire 54 7 149 19 346 45 220 29 Buckinghamshire 15 4 6 1 269 65 122 30 Cambridgeshire 5 6 18 20 49 56 16 18 Cheshire 1 2 15 31 12 24 21 43 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 20 69 9 31 Cornwall 1 50 0 0 0 0 1 50 Cumbria 2 15 2 15 7 54 2 15 Derbyshire 16 7 20 8 90 38 111 47 Devon 21 9 23 10 110 47 78 34 Dorset 3 3 2 2 55 55 40 40 Durham 24 13 38 20 62 32 68 35 East Sussex 4 6 23 33 27 39 15 22 Essex 5 2 26 13 141 68 35 17 Gloucestershire 11 5 55 27 72 35 62 31 Hampshire 13 21 20 32 6 10 23 37 Hereford and Worcester 23 19 19 16 56 46 23 19 Hertfordshire 52 14 0 0 197 55 112 31 Humberside 5 2 28 13 65 29 123 55 Isle of Wight 7 10 36 52 17 25 9 13 Kent 576 47 276 23 274 23 89 7 Lancashire 0 0 373 24 370 24 820 52 Leicestershire 0 0 102 63 36 22 25 15 Lincolnshire 9 8 0 0 57 49 51 44 Norfolk 64 44 12 8 48 33 23 16 North Yorkshire 4 5 10 13 24 30 41 52 Northamptonshire 3 4 23 33 31 44 13 19 Northumberland 0 0 0 0 16 29 39 71 Nottinghamshire 42 34 0 0 43 34 40 32 Oxfordshire 10 16 1 2 29 45 23 36 Shropshire 6 3 11 6 8 5 147 85
Not heard by appeals committee: Heard by appeals committee: Appeals withdrawn before committee stage Appeals settled to mutual satisfaction of authority and parents before committee stage Appeals rejected by committee Appeals decided in parent's favour by committee Local education authority number percentage number percentage number percentage number percentage Somerset 23 12 63 32 39 20 74 37 Staffordshire 1 2 3 5 30 54 22 39 Suffolk 10 8 55 42 37 28 28 22 Surrey 0 0 120 34 113 32 121 34 Warwickshire 4 4 1 1 39 40 53 55 West Sussex 0 0 0 0 31 54 26 46 Wiltshire 41 59 8 12 13 19 7 10 England 2,448 12 3,177 15 8,510 40 6,996 33 1 Does not include appeals still to be decided by committee. 2 Includes County, Voluntary Controlled, Voluntary Aided, and Special Agreement Schools. 3 No LEA return for the 1988–89 academic year.
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Admission appeals 1991–921 Maintained (including self-governing (GM) primary and secondary schools2 Not heard by appeals committee Heard by appeals committee Appeals withdrawn before committee stage Appeals settled to mutual satisfaction of authority and parents before committee stage Appeals rejected by committee Appeals decided in parents' favour by committee Local education authority number per cent. number per cent. number per cent. number per cent. per cent. Corporation of London 0 0 4 100 0 0 0 0 0 Camden 85 22 14 4 221 57 65 17 17 Greenwich 34 8 116 27 149 34 129 30 30 Hackney 16 5 81 26 152 50 57 19 19 Hammersmith and Fulham 9 4 21 9 152 65 51 22 22 Islington 40 15 0 0 158 58 72 26 26 Kensington and Chelsea 10 23 1 2 29 67 3 7 7 Lambeth 127 25 74 15 202 40 95 19 19 Lewisham 0 0 131 21 413 65 95 15 15 Southwark 42 7 78 14 239 42 208 36 36 Tower Hamlets 12 2 97 18 367 67 52 10 10 Wandsworth 101 59 10 6 47 27 14 8 8 Westminster 18 10 12 7 140 76 14 8 8 Barking and Dagenham 0 0 72 32 70 31 81 36 36 Barnet 175 22 176 22 311 39 141 18 18 Bexley 20 5 80 19 77 19 239 57 57 Brent 13 10 63 47 40 30 16 12 12 Bromley 59 12 100 21 251 52 71 15 15 Croydon3 — — — — — — — — — Ealing 11 5 14 6 117 49 99 41 41 Enfield 200 22 9 1 488 53 228 25 25 Haringey 28 13 36 16 98 45 57 26 26 Harrow 101 20 118 24 196 40 78 16 16 Havering 20 4 33 7 326 70 86 18 18 Hillingdon 8 5 12 8 98 66 27 18 18 Hounslow 17 7 18 7 166 64 58 22 22 Kingston upon Thames 6 5 19 17 68 59 22 19 19 Merton 63 40 27 17 37 24 29 19 19 Newham 18 5 33 9 119 33 189 53 53 Redbridge 0 0 0 0 301 79 78 21 21 Richmond upon Thames 5 2 0 0 144 70 58 28 28 Sutton 5 1 112 32 168 48 63 18 18 Waltham Forest 6 3 7 3 116 54 84 39 39 Birmingham 311 16 9 0 1,079 55 552 28 28 Coventry 13 3 65 14 227 49 154 34 34 Dudley 51 16 38 12 181 55 59 18 18 Sandwell 106 8 1,112 86 10 1 61 5 5 Solihull 37 13 92 33 116 41 36 13 13 Walsall 11 8 23 17 54 40 46 34 34 Wolverhampton 6 8 0 0 49 65 20 27 27 Knowsley4 3 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Liverpool 57 8 0 0 384 51 314 42 42 St. Helens 12 13 15 16 32 34 35 37 37 Sefton 5 5 36 35 40 38 23 22 22 Wirral 0 0 101 18 330 60 121 22 22 Bolton 10 7 12 9 52 37 67 48 48 Bury 85 13 197 31 112 18 237 37 37 798W799W
Not heard by appeals committee Heard by appeals committee Appeals withdrawn before committee stage Appeals settled to mutual satisfaction of authority and parents before committee stage Appeals rejected by committee Appeals decided in parents' favour by committee Local education authority number per cent. number per cent. number per cent. number per cent. per cent. Manchester 87 6 142 10 772 54 421 30 30 Oldham 2 0 226 56 138 34 40 10 10 Rochdale 11 4 81 31 95 37 72 28 28 Salford 2 3 14 23 17 28 27 45 45 Stockport 8 4 0 0 94 52 79 44 44 Tameside 16 17 0 0 23 24 57 59 59 Trafford 9 5 42 24 65 38 51 29 29 Wigan 38 15 51 20 92 37 70 28 28 Bamsley 0 0 0 0 8 29 20 71 71 Doncaster 6 15 5 13 24 60 5 13 13 Rotherham 14 11 10 8 56 46 43 35 35 Sheffield 54 17 228 71 15 5 25 8 8 Bradford 132 14 343 36 302 31 189 20 20 Calderdale 70 48 17 12 35 24 24 16 16 Kirklees 22 14 69 44 48 30 19 12 12 Leeds 41 2 1,475 68 301 14 337 16 16 Wakefield 6 6 4 4 48 48 41 41 41 Gateshead 10 13 51 65 7 9 10 13 13 Newcastle upon Tyne 8 7 27 25 21 19 54 49 49 North Tyneside 0 0 5 36 7 50 2 14 14 South Tyneside 0 0 3 60 2 40 0 0 0 Sunderland 7 5 18 14 56 44 47 37 37 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Avon 100 11 86 10 293 33 404 46 46 Bedfordshire 3 2 2 1 88 55 30 19 19 Berkshire 61 8 80 11 361 48 242 32 32 Buckinghamshire 13 3 9 2 234 59 144 36 36 Cambridgeshire3 0 0 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 Cheshire4 7 10 1 1 43 59 22 30 30 Cleveland 5 6 0 0 44 52 35 42 42 Cornwall 0 0 4 15 10 38 12 46 46 Cumbria 6 6 61 57 20 19 20 19 19 Derbyshire 28 6 71 14 199 40 204 41 41 Devon 22 6 100 26 154 41 103 27 27 Dorset 0 0 26 10 113 45 114 45 45 Durham 31 15 43 20 61 29 76 36 36 East Sussex 24 9 67 26 113 43 58 22 22 Essex 23 8 6 2 169 62 75 27 27 Gloucestershire 54 14 57 15 173 45 97 25 25 Hampshire 7 15 7 15 28 61 4 9 9 Hereford and Worcester 9 6 28 19 72 48 41 27 27 Hertfordshire 82 10 125 15 392 46 259 30 30 Humberside 27 7 42 10 135 33 204 50 50 Isle of Wight 0 0 0 0 14 52 13 48 48 Kent 222 14 925 57 276 17 199 12 12 Lancashire 297 14 53 3 650 32 1,058 51 51 Leicestershire 9 3 37 12 197 63 71 23 23 Lincolnshire 15 7 36 18 80 39 74 36 36 Norfolk 38 16 144 61 39 17 14 6 6 North Yorkshire 9 4 38 16 77 31 121 49 49 Northamptonshire 4 4 47 43 24 22 35 32 32 Northumberland 0 0 0 0 3 21 11 79 79 Nottinghamshire 75 27 28 10 80 29 92 33 33 Oxfordshire 3 2 1 1 64 36 108 61 61 Shropshire 13 7 9 5 35 19 130 70 70 Somerset 22 9 53 22 98 41 67 28 28 Staffordshire 12 7 13 7 96 55 55 31 31 Suffolk 7 8 28 31 25 28 29 33 33 Surrey 20 5 128 33 139 36 96 25 25 Warwickshire 8 9 35 41 25 29 18 21 21 West Sussex 1 1 19 25 37 49 18 24 24 Wiltshire 4 7 4 7 34 57 18 30 30 England 3,760 10 8,493 23 15,047 40 10,286 27 27 1 Does not include appeals still to be decided by committee. 2 Includes County, Voluntary controlled, Voluntary Aided, Special Agreement and Self-governing (GM) Schools. 3 No LEA return for 1991–92 year. The figures relate to the self-governing (grant-maintained) sector only. 4 Figures based on incomplete data.