HC Deb 16 May 1995 vol 260 cc141-3W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many admission appeals were made by parents failing to obtain a place for their child in the school of their choice in the latest available year in each local education area and nationally. [23668]

Mr. Robin Squire

The information requested is shown in the table.

Appeals lodged by parents against non-admission of their children to maintained (including Grant maintained) primary and secondary schools in each local education authority area in England.
Academic year 1992–93
Local Education Authority area Total appeals lodged
Corporation of London 1
Camden 378
Greenwich 393
Hackney 371
Hammersmith and Fulham 231
Islington 392
Kensington and Chelsea 58
Lambeth 380
Lewisham 784
Southwark 352
Tower Hamlets 596
Wands worth 154
Westminster 227
Barking and Dagenham 174

Appeals lodged by parents against non-admission of their children to maintained (including Grant maintained) primary and secondary schools in each local education authority area in England.
Academic year 1992–93
Local Education Authority area Total appeals lodged
Barnet 918
Bexley 434
Brent 145
Bromley 879
Croydon 831
Ealing 288
Enfield 710
Haringey 340
Harrow 372
Havering 388
Hillingdon 314
Hounslow 318
Kingston upon Thames 125
Merton 233
Newham 39
Redbridge 503
Richmond upon Thames 227
Sutton 572
Waltham Forest 511
Birmingham 1,957
Coventry 437
Dudley 193
Sandwell 161
Solihull 258
Walsall 39
Wolverhampton 75
Knowsley 34
Liverpool 897
St. Helens 134
Sefton 123
Wirral 438
Bolton 233
Bury 619
Manchester 1,263
Oldham 378

Appeals lodged by parents against non-admission of their children to maintained (including Grant maintained) primary and secondary schools in each local education authority area in England.
Academic year 1992–93
Local Education Authority area Total appeals lodged
Rochdale 262
Salford 134
Stockport 92
Tameside 173
Trafford 237
Wigan 158
Barnsley 0
Doncaster 55
Rotherham 140
Sheffield 595
Bradford 1,457
Calderdale 138
Kirklees 221
Leeds 2,360
Wakefield 93
Gateshead 29
Newcastle upon Tyne 136
North Tyneside 16
South Tyneside 45
Sunderland 73
Isles of Scilly 0
Avon 1,115
Bedfordshire 92
Berkshire 625
Buckinghamshire1 580
Cambridge 315
Cheshire 147
Cleveland 80
Cornwall 51
Cumbria 99
Derbyshire 485
Devon 541
Dorset 340
Durham 392
East Sussex 298
Essex 440
Gloucestershire 279
Hampshire 148
Hereford and Worcester 273
Hertfordshire 1,071
Humberside 457
Isle of Wight 37
Kent1 975
Lancashire 2,400
Leicestershire 373
Lincolnshire 240
Norfolk 183
North Yorkshire 533
Northamptonshire 103
Northumberland 51
Nottinghamshire 322
Oxfordshire 374
Shropshire 360
Somerset 379
Staffordshire 190
Suffolk 150
Surrey 640
Warwickshire 160
West Sussex 187
Wiltshire 151
England 41,927
1 LEAs which did not submit a complete return.