Special Educational Needs

HC Deb 10 March 1988 vol 129 cc283-4W

Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he expects to publish proposals to extend the support of special educational needs into the 16 to 19 years further education sector.

Mr. Dunn

Clause 81 of the Education Reform Bill puts beyond doubt the duty of local education authorities to provide full-time education for all who seek it up to the age of 19, including those with special educational needs.