HC Deb 18 April 2002 vol 383 c1130W
David Davis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) applications and (b) available places for schools in the East Riding there (i) are in the current academic year and (ii) were in the past three academic years. [50599]

Mr. Timms

My Department does not hold this information. The East Riding of Yorkshire local education authority (LEA) has informed my officials that for the academic year 2002–03, 4,255 secondary school applications have been received for 4,136 places.

David Davis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children living in the Kingston upon Hull local education authority area(a) are enrolled and (b) were enrolled in the past three academic years in East Riding schools. [50600]

Mr. Timms

My Department does not hold this information. The East Riding of Yorkshire local education authority has informed my officials that of the 51,080 pupils currently attending maintained schools in East Riding, 2,800 have Kingston upon Hull postcodes.

David Davis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many applications there were for places in East Riding schools from households in the Kingston upon Hull local education authority for the(a) current academic year and (b) past three academic years; and how many of these applications were (i) accepted and (ii) rejected. [50601]

Mr. Timms

My Department does not hold this information.

David Davis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many applications were made by households in the Kingston upon Hull local education authority area for school places in the East Riding of Yorkshire using a false address in the(a) current academic year and (b) previous three academic years. [50602]

Mr. Timms

My Department does not hold this information. The East Riding of Yorkshire local education authority (LEA) has informed my officials that they have no evidence that any applications for school places from September 2002 are from people using false addresses. A number of checks were made on addresses of applicants for September 2001 entry, and in all cases documentary evidence verifying the address used was provided.