§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will now list in the Official Report the number of new remedial centres built in each of the last 10 years for children who suffer from dyslexia; and if he will name the location of each centre;
(2) if he will list in the Official Report the number of new reading clinics built in each of the last 10 years for children who suffer from dyslexia; and if he will name the location of each centre;
(3) how many dyslexic children have been given places in the new remedial centres and reading clinics in each of the last 10 years;
(4) if he will list in the Official Report the number of additional remedial teachers in ordinary schools, for children
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§ Miss Margaret JacksonThe following is the information:
At January Primary Secondary 1966 … … 28.0:1 16.6:1 1967 … … 27.5:1 16.4:1 1968 … … 27.2:1 16.3:1 1969 … … 26.2:1 15.9:1 1970 … … 24.9:1 15.3:1 1971 … … 23.9:1 15.9:1 1972 … … 22.8:1 15.6:1 1973 … … 22.1:1 15.4:1 1974 … … 21.7:1 15.9:1 1975 … … 20.4:1 15.8:1 *All teachers in the years 1966–67; qualified teachers only from 1971.
§ Mr. Clemitsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish figures of last five years for which figures are available for (a) primary, (b) secondary, (c) fee-paying school in England and Wales.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonThe information is as follows:
suffering from dyslexia, provided in each of the last 10 years.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonTwo recent reports have cast doubt on the usefulness of isolating the treatment of the specific condition described as "dyslexia" and prefer to deal with the range of "specific reading difficulties" or "retardation". Since reading abilities form a continuum from the most fluent readers to those with the most severe difficulties, there would be considerable problems in identifying and collecting returns about children with particular kinds of reading difficulty. I am, however, considering asking LEAs for information about provision in remedial centres and reading clinics set up for all purposes.