§ Dr. Phippsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will give an assurance that the Warnock Committee has re-examined the definition of maladjustment in children, and has taken adequate evidence from the schools' educational psychological service which, under Circular 2/75, has the responsibility of applying the definition.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonThe classification of handicap was among the subjects on which the Warnock Committee invited evidence and submissions were made to the Committee by the main associations for psychologists in the school psychological service. Circular 2/75 stressed the need for close collaboration between educational psychologists and other professionals in the assessment of children's special needs.
§ Dr. Phippsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what remedial provisions are being made for maladjusted children not attending boarding schools.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonIn January 1977, the latest date for which figures are available, 7,781 maladjusted pupils were receiving special education on d daily basis in special schools, hospital schools and independent schools, and in special classes in ordinary schools. In addition, 2,600 maladjusted children were 137W receiving education otherwise than at school.
§ Dr. Phippsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science by what means the Department of Education and Science is monitoring and controlling fees, and fee increases, charged by private boarding schools taking maladjusted pupils.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonMy Department does not monitor or control the fees charged by independent schools.