HC Deb 31 October 1988 vol 139 c505W
Mrs. Margaret Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the total number of Scottish school

Significant impairments
Pupils Visual Hearing Other physical Social and emotional General learning difficulties Other Total
Borders 180 20 20 120 30 180
Central 380 20 20 50 20 80 10 200
Dumfries and Galloway 160 20 10 40 60 80 10 210
Fife 630 50 40 120 250 460 60 980
Grampian 1,000 30 70 130 190 530 130 1,080
Highland 400 10 10 30 100 320 10 480
Lothian 1,550 90 50 330 440 940 150 1,990
Strathclyde 4,200 290 260 820 850 1,980 310 4,520
Tayside 480 20 40 80 110 310 30 600
Orkney 10 10 20
Shetland 10 10 10 20
Western Isles 30 10 30 40
Scotland 9,020 540 500 1,620 2,040 4,860 760 10,330
Argyll and Bute 90 10 20 20 80 30 160
Ayr 490 40 30 110 70 280 60 590
Dunbarton 450 20 20 80 110 230 20 480
Glasgow (City) 1,790 170 130 390 360 740 70 1,860
Lanark 840 50 70 160 180 520 130 1,100
Renfrew 550 20 70 100 140 10 340

An impairment is considered significant where it is a major factor in determining the educational approach to the pupil. Thus a pupil may have no, one or several such impairments.

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