S1W-13343: How many examination appeals were submitted by 10 January 2001 from each local authority area for review under the procedure announced by t…

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many examination appeals were submitted by 10 January 2001 from each local authority area for review under the procedure announced by the Minister for Education, Europe and External Affairs on 13 December 2000 and whether any cases put forward after this date have been excluded from the appeals review process solely because of their late submission.

The answer

Answered by Jack McConnell on 28 Feb 2001 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

Following my announcement on 13 December, the Executive wrote to all Education Authorities, Further Education colleges and heads of other centres on 18 December inviting them to submit requests for review by 10 January. By 19 January, the Appeals Review team had received 3,974 returns.In order to ensure that no appeals were excluded solely because of their late submission, the Appeals Review team accepted requests for review as late as 29 January when subject teams began their work. In a few very exceptional cases, requests have been accepted beyond this date. However, at this stage in the process it is no longer possible for the team to accept more new cases.As at 21 February, 4,216 cases were included in the appeals review process, and a breakdown of these cases by Education Authority is shown in the table.Appeals Review 2000Numbers of cases by education authority ABERDEEN CITY | 86
ABERDEENSHIRE | 210
ANGUS | 100
ARGYLL & BUTE | 81
CLACKMANNAN | 14
DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY | 238
DUNDEE CITY | 94
EAST AYRSHIRE | 136
EAST DUNBARTONSHIRE | 117
EAST LOTHIAN | 67
EAST RENFREWSHIRE | 100
CITY OF EDINBURGH | 276
EILEAN SIAR | 47
FALKIRK | 77
FIFE | 271
GLASGOW CITY | 253
HIGHLAND | 139
INVERCLYDE | 69
MIDLOTHIAN | 68
MORAY | 67
NORTH AYRSHIRE | 96
NORTH LANARKSHIRE | 184
ORKNEY ISLANDS | 19

In the Official Report

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