§ Baroness Davidasked Her Majesty's Government:
For the ballot which is currently being held to end selection at Ripon Grammar School, whether they will list: (a) the names of each of the feeder schools where parents are eligible to vote; (b) the number of eligible parents at each school; (c) the total number of eligible parents at fee paying feeder schools; and (d) the number of eligible parents at fee paying feeder schools as a percentage of the total number of eligible parents. [HL1063]
§ The Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment(Baroness Blackstone)The feeder schools whose parents are eligible to vote in the current ballot are listed below with the number of eligible parents at each school. The total number of eligible parents originally identified at the three independent schools is 772. This is 25 per cent of the overall number of parents originally identified as eligible. It is not possible to give more precise figures, as some parents may have children at both maintained and independent schools.
Ripon Feeder Schools: Academic Year 1999–2000 School Number of eligible parents Independent? Bishop Monkton CE Primary HG3 3QW 102 Brackenfield Preparatory HG1 2HE 241 Yes Burneston CE Primary DL8 2HX 158 Burton Leonard CE Primary HG3 3RW 82 Fountains CE Primary HG4 3PJ 124 Grewelthorpe CE Primary HG4 3BW 63 Greystone County Primary HG4 IRW 329 Grosvenor House School HG3 2JG 382 Yes Holy Trinity CE Junior HG4 2ES 424 Kirkby Malzeard CE Primary HG4 3RT 102 Moorside County Junior HG4 1SU 210 Ripon Cathedral CE Primary HG4 1NA 354 Ripon Cathedral Choir School HG4 149 Yes Sharow CE Primary School HG4 5BJ 80 St Wilfred's RC Primary HG4 2AL 282 Total *3,082 772 * The list of parents eligible to vote is provided by the schools themselves and includes some duplication where parents have children attending different feeder schools. After entering all the names onto a single computer database the Electoral Reform (Ballot Services) Ltd remove names entered more than once. The total number of eligible parents from the "cleared" database was 2,935, which resulted in a petition threshold of 587.