§ 77. Mr. Monroasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children in Scotland and in each local education authority area, respectively, under Section 63 of the Education (Scotland) Act, 1962, require special educational treatment; how many places are available; and how many children are suffering from a disability of mind of such a nature or to such an extent as to make them unsuitable for education or training in a special school.
§ Mr. RossAt 17th January, 1968, 11,820 were receiving special education28W in education authority or grant-aided special schools and there were 13,930 places available for such children. In recent years, the average number of children reported to local health authorities as unsuitable for education or training in special schools has been about 170 a year, but the total number of such children who are still of school age is not known.
The figures for individual education authority areas are as follows:
Education Authority Number of children, receiving special education Number of places available Number reported as unsuitable for education or training Counties Aberdeen 125 200 5 Angus 79 120 7 Argyll 10 20 8 Ayr 716 896 11 Banff 57 59 6 Berwick 32 40 — Bute 10 26 — Caithness 74 91 — Clackmannan 62 55 2 Dumfries 100 140 — Dunbarton 388 417 — East Lothian 88 150 4 Fife 452 639 — Inverness 81 85 — Kincardine — — — Kirkcudbright 35 60 — Lanark 1,249 1,421 21 Midlothian 253 301 7 Moray and Nairn 46 55 — Orkney — — — Peebles 83 85 — Perth and Kinross 209 252 5 Renfrew 917 1,015 9 Ross and Cromarty 72 94 — Roxburgh 50 60 8 Selkirk 21 40 — Stirling 287 299 16 Sutherland — — — West Lothian 122 160 6 Wigtown 76 110 — Zetland — — — Burghs Aberdeen 475 605 5 Dundee 505 565 4 Edinburgh 1,055 1,332 15 Glasgow 4,091 4,538 24 11,820 13,930 163 Notes:
1. The number of children receiving special education and the number of places available are given as at 17th January, 1968.
2. The number of children reported as unsuitable for education or training relates to the year 1967.