HC Deb 28 November 1968 vol 774 cc158-9W
44. Mr. Gurden

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are his plans for providing additional secondary education for deaf children in the Midlands.

Mr. Denis Howell

The 16 local education authorities in the West Midlands region have recently set up a working party to consider the provision of education for hearing-handicapped children in the area and prepare a report. Two of Her Majesty's Inspectors and a senior medical officer in my Department assist the working party as assessors. At the present time I am not aware of a shortage of places for secondary-age deaf children in the Midlands.