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Department for Children, Schools and Families figures showed the number of families who successfully demanded a place at one of their preferred schools after panel hearings dropped from 36.3 per cent in 2005-6 to 34.4 in 2006-7.

The number of successful appeals to faith schools fell to just 30 per cent. In London, successful appeals were less than half the national average - the proportion of victorious parents in primary schools dropped from 18.9 per cent to 16.6 per cent between 2005-6 and 2006-7.

Liberal Democrats said the data showed that Labour had failed to raise standards in too many schools, while education watchdog Ofsted warned that the school improvement drive had "stalled".

Authority	No. appeals heard	% successful
Barking and Dagenham	302	17.5
Barnet	458	23.6
Bexley	294	24.5
Brent	179	10.6
Bromley	252	7.9
Camden	122	9.8
Croydon	186	18.3
Ealing	315	9.8
Enfield	464	23.5
Greenwich	78	38.5
Hackney	88	30.7
Hammersmith/Fulham	158	2.5
Haringey	136	11.8
Harrow	169	10.1
Havering	509	29.5
Hillingdon	180	22.2
Hounslow	280	14.3
Islington	58	20.7
Kensington/Chelsea	132	6.1
Kingston	143	7.7
Lambeth	164	9.8
Lewisham	169	16.6
Merton	63	9.5
Newham	597	11.4
Redbridge	404	12.4
Richmond	95	17.9
Southwark	141	12.8
Sutton	234	14.5
Tower Hamlets	326	17.2
Waltham Forest	220	8.6
Wandsworth	130	5.4
Westminster	180	2.8
Total London	7,230	15.7
Total England	39,230	35.3