§ Mr. O'Halloranasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what assessment he has made of the number of mentally handicapped children under 16 years of age in the Greater London areas on a borough basis.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonIn January 1975 the number of educationally subnormal—severe—children in Greater London for whom special education was provided or who were awaiting places in special schools was as follows:
Inner London Education Authority 1,573 Barking 51 Barnet 136 Bexley 153 Brent 190 Bromley 201 Croydon 192 Ealing 169 Enfield 147 Haringey 144 Harrow 113 Havering 164 Hillingdon 180 Hounslow 152 Kingston-upon-Thames 74 Merton 115 Newham 192 Redbridge 149 Richmond-upon-Thames 114 Sutton 116 Waltham Forest 104 4,429 Separate figures for the Inner London boroughs are not collected by my Department. These figures include children of 16 years of age or over, but the numbers are not readily available and I will write to my hon. Friend.