How many appeals were received against the (a) primary and (b) secondary school placement of a child and how many, and what percentage of, …

Answered Asked by Lord James Douglas-Hamilton Con Lodged 22 Jul 2004

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many appeals were received against the (a) primary and (b) secondary school placement of a child and how many, and what percentage of, such appeals were successful, in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local authority.

The answer

Answered by Peter Peacock on 18 Aug 2004 · 27 days after it was lodged, on time

The information requested is only available for the school years 1995-96 to 2002-03. The tables show the number of appeals against an education authority’s refusal of a placing request.
Primary Schools
| 1995-96
| 1996-97
| 1997-98
| 1998-99

Appeals*
| Successful Appeals**
| Appeals*
| Successful Appeals**
| Appeals*
| Successful Appeals**
| Appeals*
| Successful Appeals**

Aberdeen City
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 1 (16.7%)
| 1
| 0

Aberdeenshire
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0

Angus
| 2
| 0
| 9
| 6 (66.7%)
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 0

Argyll and Bute
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0

Clackmannanshire
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1 (100%)
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0

Dumfries and Galloway
| 10
| 5 (50%)
| 3
| 1 (33.3%)
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0

Dundee City
| 48
| 8 (16.7%)
| 39
| 14 (35.9%)
| 13
| 0
| 15
| 0

East Ayrshire
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0

East Dunbartonshire
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 3 (75%)
| 6
| 0
| 3

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-09791 by reference.