§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many complaints under section 269 of the Education Act 1993 have been received by the ombudsman from parents failing to obtain a place for their child in the school of their choice in respect of (i) grant-maintained schools, (ii) voluntary-aided schools and (iii) special agreement schools for each year since the Act came into force. [32600]
§ Mrs. GillanThis information is not held by the Department for Education and Employment. The annual report of the local government ombudsman for 1994–95 notes that 1,187 complaints concerning education were316W received in that year, and that 45 investigation reports were issued. The report does not state how many of these concerned school admissions.