§ Lord Balnielasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children ascertained as educationally subnormal or maladjusted have left school during the past five years.
§ Mr. HoggStatistics relating to the number of educationally subnormal and maladjusted school leavers are not kept but the latest available figures suggest that during the five years 1958–62 about 18,000 educationally subnormal children and about 500 maladjusted children left special schools at or above the age of 16.
§ Lord Balnielasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many courses are being run by local education authorities for educationally subnormal and maladjusted school leavers to assist their adjustment to working life.
§ Mr. HoggI regret that information is not available regarding courses specially run for this purpose. I would expect that help and advice would be given during the final year at school and ordinary courses of further education are of course available in suitable cases. The youth employment service is available for the vocational guidance of school leavers up to the age of 18 and beyond that age if they are still at school.