§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science on how many occasions in recent years the parents of handicapped children have appealed to him under section 68 of the Education Act 1944; and in how many of those appeals he has found in favour of the parents and against the local education authority.
§ Dr. BoysonParents who write to my right hon. and learned Friend or to the Department about problems relating to the education of individual handicapped children do not always specify that they are appealing under section 68 of the Education Act 1944. My Department's records are not kept in a way which enables such appeals to be readily identified and I regret that the information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.