§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked 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.Alfred Morrisasked 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.DunnThere 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.