HC Deb 11 June 1996 vol 279 cc124-6W
Mr. Blunkett

To 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. Gillan

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 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
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. Blunkett

To 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. Gillan

The 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.