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Table 1: Total Placing Requests made to primary, secondary and special schools (excluding pre-school and early entry requests), by outcome, 1996/97 to 2005/06 (1)

1996/97

1997/98

1998/99

1999/00

2000/01

2001/02

2002/03

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

Total requests received

31,663

31,100

30,681

31,932

30,008

31,685

31,224

30,309

30,317

30,240

Decisions made on placing requests at the initial stage

Requests granted at initial stage

27,872

26,836

26,881

27,538

25,407

26,898

25,624

25,983

25,812

25,323

Requests refused at initial stage

2,641

2,809

2,408

2,873

3,017

3,023

3,752

2,886

2,947

3,174

Requests under consideration

233

305

284

236

282

207

276

220

200

171

Requests withdrawn prior to consideration

917

1,150

1,108

1,285

1,302

1,557

1,572

1,220

1,358

1,570

Passed to the Tribunal

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

2

Passed to the Appeal Committee

Appeals granted

63

74

40

60

67

94

125

162

67

75

Appeals refused

434

425

352

522

542

527

612

314

280

388

Appeals under consideration

4

6

7

2

3

3

7

4

7

5

Appeals withdrawn prior to consideration

210

244

165

223

328

122

384

185

295

241

Passed to the Tribunal

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

1

Decisions made following appeal to Sheriff

Appeals granted

2

3

-

-

1

8

2

1

1

1

Appeals refused

1

6

-

1

2

-

1

-

2

4

Appeals under consideration

7

1

6

4

9

1

9

1

4

-

Appeals withdrawn prior to consideration

16

12

5

17

16

16

24

2

6

5

Passed to the Tribunal

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

-

Decisions made by the Tribunal

Appeals granted

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

2

Appeals refused

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

-

Appeals under consideration

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

-

Appeals withdrawn prior to consideration

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

-

Referred back to the Appeal Committee

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

-

Total granted (2)

Number

27,937

26,913

26,921

27,598

25,475

27,000

25,751

26,146

25,880

25,401

Percentage

88

87

88

86

85

85

82

86

85

84

(1) Year from 1 August to 31 July. Figures for previous years have been revised. See background note 3.
(2) Granted at initial stage, appeal committee or appeal to Sheriff or Tribunal

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