HC Deb 06 November 1979 vol 973 c135W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many school pupils are recorded as suffering from dyslexia in (a) Tayside and (b) Scotland.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

Information of the kind requested is not available. Dyslexia is not an exact term and is not included in the statutory list of handicaps at present set out in the Special Educational Treatment (Scotland) Regulations 1954. In the absence of agreement about definition, or even about

PUBLIC SECTOR HOUSE SALES 1979
Type Source of loan finance
Total number sold by LAs, SSHA and New Towns Cottages Low-rise flats Maisonettes Not known LA/NT loan Building society Other Not known
1979—
1st quarter 239 239 239
2nd quarter 285 105 25 4 151 74 10 8 193