HC Deb 14 December 1972 vol 848 cc181-2W
Mr. Dalyell

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proposals she now has to implement the Rothschild Report on research.

Mrs. Thatcher

The Government's decisions on the organisation of Government

Numbers in special schools (other than hospital schools) Proportion per 10,000 of school population
Handicap England West Riding England West Riding
Blind … … 1,036 47 1.22 1.41
Partially sighted … … 2,020 49 2.37 1.48
Deaf … … 3,285 154 3.86 4.64
Partially hearing … … 1,967 75 2.31 2.26
Physically handicapped … … 9,231 276 10.85 8.31
Delicate … … 6,563 100 7.71 3.01
Maladjusted … … 6,254 63 7.35 1.90
Educationally subnormal … … 79,209 2,511 93.08 75.59
Epileptic … … 800 30 0.94 0.90
Speech defects … … 446 3 0.52 0.09
Total … … 110,811 3,308 130.21 99.59

research and development, which were taken after full consideration of all the proposals and submissions which had been made, including Lord Rothschild's report, were published in the White Paper Cmnd. 5046. Some account of the progress in implementing these decisions is given in Cmnd. 5177.