HC Deb 30 March 1994 vol 240 cc791-9W
Dr. Wright

To 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

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Appeals withdrawn before committee stage Appeals settled to mutual satisfaction of authority and parents before committee stage Appeals rejected by committee Appeals decided in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 Squire

The 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.

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Appeals withdrawn before committee stage Appeals settled to mutual satisfaction of authority and parents before committee stage Appeals rejected by committee Appeals decided in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.

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

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.

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