HC Deb 09 May 1984 vol 59 c398W
Mr. Alfred Morris

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many schools have installed lifts in order to accommodate physically handicapped children; and how many have sought to do so but have been unable to secure the necessary funds.

Mr. Dunn

This information is not available centrally.

Mr.Alfred Morris

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children in special schools suffer from each of the following disabilities: deafness, blindness, partial sight, epilepsy, physical handicap, and mental handicap.

Mr.Dunn

There were 117,646-handicapped children receiving full-time education in maintained and non-maintained special schools in England in January 1983. The breakdown of this total into major type of handicap is:—

Number
Deaf 2,723
Partially hearing 1,212
Blind 996
Partially sighted 1,674
Epileptic 1,447
Physically handicapped 11,132
Mentally handicapped 79,239
Other 19,223
TOTAL 117,646

A further 1,054 handicapped children received part-time education in maintained and non-maintained special schools but information about their disabilities is not collected.