§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will list in the Official Report the percentage by which school rolls have fallen in (a) mainstream schools, (b) all special schools and
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LEA Number of pupils with statements in Special school Number of pupils with statements in primary Middle and Secondary schools All pupils with statements Percentage of pupils with state- ments in special schools Percentage of pupils with state-ments in Maintained schools Barking 297 26 323 92.0 8.0 Barnet 445 67 512 86.9 13.1 Bexley 377 74 451 83.6 16.4 Brent 545 177 722 75.5 24.5 Bromley 571 222 793 72.0 28.0 Croydon 652 287 939 69.4 30.6 Baling 575 302 877 65.6 34.4 Enfield 500 33 533 93.8 6.2 Haringey 438 88 526 83.3 16.7 Harrow 252 75 327 77.1 22.9 Havering 459 145 604 76.0 24.0 Hillingdon 568 198 766 74.2 25.8 Hounslow 636 155 791 80.4 19.6 Kingston upon Thames 276 50 326 84.7 15.3 Merton 312 36 348 89.7 10.3 Newham 619 128 747 82.9 17.1 Redbridge 485 36 521 93.1 6.9 (c) special schools for ESN(M) and ESN(S) pupils for those of compulsory school age in the period (i) 1972 to 1984 and (ii) 1981 to 1984.
§ Mr. DunnThe number of pupils of compulsory school age in maintained primary and secondary schools in England has fallen by 10 per cent. both between 1972 and 1984 and between 1981 and 1984. In maintained and non-maintained special schools, the number of pupils of compulsory school age has fallen by 5 per cent. between 1972 and 1984 and by 9 per cent. between 1981 and 1984. Equivalent information for special schools for ESN(M) and ESN(S) pupils is not available.