§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will list in the Official Report a breakdown of pupils of compulsory school age with special educational needs being educated in mainstream schools under the headings (a) curriculum types and (b) aspects of disability as these appear on form 7, by listing the number of pupils in each category and the percentage
per cent 1959 1964 1970 1974 1979 1983 *1984 Petroleum† 25.1 35.3 47.2 48.2 41.7 36.7 45.7 Natural gas — 0.1 5.1 14.8 19.1 22.9 23.5 Coal‡ 74.1 62.8 44.4 33.0 34.9 34.2 24.2 Nuclear electricity 0.2 1.1 2.7 3.4 3.7 5.5 6.0 Other║ 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 * The proportions for 1984 were affected by the coal industry dispute. † Excluding petroleum for marine bunkers. ‡ Including other solid fuels. ║ Hydro-electricity, excluding pumped storage.