§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment in respect of which cases of schools holding ballots on grant-maintained status her Department has investigated complaints about the circumstances surrounding the conduct of the ballot; and if she will indicate for each(a) how many complaints were received, (b) the nature of the complaints, (c) the outcome of the investigation and (d) what action has been taken. [21083]
§ Mrs. GillanThe following table shows such information as is readily available about the 60 investigations of ballots for grant-maintained status which have been completed to date.
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GM Ballot Investigations LEA School Ballot (vote) Complainant Outcome Kirklees Deighton School Yes LEA Ballot result declared void Derbyshire Derby Moor School No LEA Ballot result upheld Kent Edenbridge Middle School Yes LEA Ballot result declared void Oldham Failsworth School No Parents Ballot result upheld Birmingham George Dixon School Yes LEA Ballot result upheld Greenwich Hawksmoor School Yes LEA Another Local School Ballot result upheld Kent Hextable School No LEA Ballot result declared void Waltham Forest Highams Park School Yes LEA Ballot result upheld Cambridgeshire Jack Hunt, Peterborough School Yes LEA Ballot result upheld Wiltshire Kingsdown County Secondary Yes LEA Ballot result upheld Bromley Langley Park School for Boys Yes Parents Ballot result upheld Leicestershire Manor High School No Parent MP Ballot result upheld Calderdale Moorside Junior School, 2nd ballot No LEA Ballot result declared void Birmingham Ninestiles Yes LEA Ballot result upheld Hillingdon Oak Farm Junior and Infant Schools Yes LEA Ballot result upheld Bury Peel Brow County Primary Yes LEA Ballot result upheld Gloucestershire Picklenash School Yes Parents Ballot result upheld Calderdale Ryburn Valley High School No Other organisation Ballot result upheld Hampshire St. Joseph's RC Primary School Yes Parent Ballot result upheld Kirklees St. Patrick's Catholic Primary No Parent School told to hold ballot Lancashire The Baines School Yes LEA Ballot result upheld Humberside Waltham Toll Bar No MP Ballot result upheld Rochdale Wardle High School Yes Parent LEA Ballot result upheld Dudley Windsor High School Yes LEA Ballot result upheld Misinformation cases-since implementation of the Education Act 1993 Staffordshire Anglesey Yes LEA Ballot result declared void Staffordshire Anglesey (2nd Ballot) Yes LEA Ballot result upheld Lancashire Ashleigh Primary School Yes LEA Ballot result upheld Lancashire Belthorn Primary School Yes LEA Ballot result upheld Liverpool Blue Coat School No LEA Ballot result upheld Kent Brockhill Park Yes LEA Ballot result upheld Surrey Burpham County Primary Yes LEA and Parent Ballot result upheld Shropshire Castlefields No Parent Ballot result upheld Derbyshire Chinley Primary Yes LEA, parents and electors Ballot result upheld Staffordshire Christ Church Middle No Other organisation Parent Ballot result declared void Staffordshire Christ Church Middle-2nd Ballot No Parent and LEA Ballot result upheld Liverpool Croxteth Community Comp No School Parent Ballot result upheld Devon Devonport High School Yes Other organisation Parent Ballot result upheld Somerset Enmore Primary School Yes Parent Ballot result upheld Kent Gravesend Grammar Yes LEA Ballot result upheld Hammersmith and Fulham Holy Cross No School and Councillors Ballot result upheld Liverpool King David Yes LEA and Parent Ballot result upheld Lancashire Longridge School Yes LEA Ballot result upheld Avon Merrywood Girls School No Other organisation MP Parent Ballot result upheld Leicestershire New Parks Comm. College No Parent Ballot result upheld Berkshire Prospect School Yes LEA Councillors Ballot result upheld Derbyshire Ripley Mill Hill School Yes LEA Ballot result upheld Essex Rochford Primary Yes Parents Ballot result upheld Manchester St. Kentigerns Yes LEA Ballot result upheld Essex The Manningtree School Yes LEA Parents Electors Ballot result upheld Buckinghamshire Two Mile Ash Yes Other organisation Ballot result upheld Tameside Two Trees High School No School Parent Ballot result upheld Waltham Forest Whitefields School and Centre Yes LEA Parent Other LEAs Ballot result upheld