HL Deb 20 May 1999 vol 601 c53WA
Baroness David

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will list in descending order admission appeals as a percentage of the number of secondary places available in maintained schools for each English local education authority in the most recent year for which figures are available. [HL2504]

Baroness Blackstone

The information requested is shown in the attached table.

Appeals lodged by parents against non-admission of their children to maintained secondary schools by local education authority areas. England 1996–97
Local Education Authority Area Capacity in Secondary Schools Appeals lodged
(2) Number

(3)

 Percentage
Enfield 20,124 1,266 6.3
Bury 10,892 621 5.7
Waltham Forest 12,856 659 5.1
Bromley 18,092 769 4.3
Sutton 12,185 487 4.0
Barnet 20,536 801 3.9
South Gloucestershire 15,352 579 3.8
Wandsworth 10,455 383 3.7
Richmond-upon-Thames 7,584 273 3.6
Bath and NE Somerset 12,360 428 3.5
Kingston-upon-Thames 8,381 287 3.4
Lewisham 13,223 446 3.4
Liverpool 35,527 1,180 3.3
Westminster 7,911 257 3.2
Camden 10,844 321 3.0
Croydon 16,200 477 2.9
Birmingham 73,207 2,050 2.8
Hackney 8,541 237 2.8