§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many appeals were made by parents on the ground of non-admission of their child to the school of their choice in the latest year for which figures are available(a) in each local education authority and (b) nationally. [31960]
§ Mrs. GillanThe information requested is shown in the table:
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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 1993–95 Local education authority area Total appeals lodged Corporation of London 1 Camden 394 Greenwich 507 Hackney 261 Hammersmith and Fulham1 56 Islington 182 Kensington and Chelsea 63 Lambeth 395 Lewisham 685 Southwark 256 Tower Hamlets1 525 Wandsworth 207 Westminster 223 Barking and Dagenham 259 Barnet 694 Bexley 443 Brent 90 Bromley1 806 Croydon 883 Ealing 413 Enfield 631 Haringey 389 Harrow 632 Havering 518 Hillingdon 381 Hounslow 412 Kingston upon Thames 299 Merton 236 Newham 176 Redbridge 494 Richmond upon Thames 171 Sutton 625 Waltham Forest 782 Birmingham 2,261 Coventry 468 Dudley 185 Sandwell 178 Solihull 388 Walsall 62 Wolverhampton 160 Knowsley 21 Liverpool 858 St. Helens 98 126W
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 1993–95 Local education authority area Total appeals lodged Sefton 185 Wirral 445 Bolton 225 Bury 674 Manchester 872 Oldham 268 Rochdale 158 Salford 101 Stockport 123 Tameside 245 Trafford 414 Wigan 173 Barnsley 114 Doncaster 44 Rotherham 80 Sheffield 295 Bradford 1,739 Calderdale 152 Kirklees1 122 Leeds 2,925 Wakefield 93 Gateshead 77 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 207 North Tyneside1 12 South Tyneside 62 Sunderland 154 Isles of Scilly 0 Avon 1,365 Bedfordshire 184 Berkshire 792 Buckinghamshire 601 Cambridge 278 Cheshire 136 Cleveland 103 Cornwall 98 Cumbria 128 Derbyshire 280 Devon 460 Dorset 398 Durham1 310 East Sussex 274 Essex 434 Gloucestershire 338 Hampshire1 188 Hereford and Worcester 260 Hertfordshire 1,156 Humberside 575 Isle of Wight 36 Kent1 1,879 Lancashire 2,610 Leicestershire 295 Lincolnshire 326 Norfolk 322 North Yorkshire 509 Northamptonshire 344 Northumberland 12 Nottinghamshire1 297 Oxfordshire 343 Shropshire 447 Somerset 323 Staffordshire 185 Suffolk 81 Surrey 1,182 Warwickshire 339 West Sussex 231 Wiltshire 84 England 45,876 1 LEAs which did not submit a complete return.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many letters she has received in the past year from parents failing to obtain a place for their child in the school of their choice; what were the figures in each of the last five years; and what advice she offers such parents. [31916]
§ Mrs. GillanThe Department receives many inquiries from parents about school admissions, both in writing and by telephone. No central register of such inquiries is kept. Parents who have failed to secure a place for their child in the school of their choice are advised of their statutory right to an independent appeal.