Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints he received of maladministration by academy admission authority appeal panels in each of the last five years; and what the average time taken was to (a) reply to and (b) resolve complaints in the same period.

The Department aims to acknowledge all complaints within three working days. In relation to admission maladministration complaints relating to academies, the Department has received the following number in the last five calendar years: