§ 19. Mr. Amessasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children were assessed and made the subject of a statement for special educational needs in Essex for each of the last three years.
§ Mrs. RumboldAccording to the Department's records, the number of children in Essex who were newly assessed and made the subject of a statement during the last three years for which figures are available were in 1983, 1,257; in 1984, 733 and in 1985, 930.
The figures for 1983 include both children ascertained under the Education Act 1944 and children with statements under the Education Act 1981. The figures for 1984 and 1985 relate solely to children with statements.