Special Educational Needs (Hansard, 19 March 1990)

HC Deb 19 March 1990 vol 169 c418W 418W

§ Mr. Steinberg
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children in the school population have been statemented; what this is as a percentage of total school population; how many of those children statemented are in special schools and what is the percentage; and how many are in mainstream schools and what is the percentage.

§ Mr. Alan Howarth
The information requested for January 1989 in England is as follows:

Number of children with statements of special educational needs As a percentage of the school population

All schools 155,191 2.1

Special schools ¹ 102,064 1.4

Mainstream schools 53,127 0.7

¹ No information is available on the number of children without statements in special schools. It is assumed that all children in special schools have statements.

	Number of children with statements of special educational needs	As a percentage of the school population
All schools	155,191	2.1
Special schools	¹ 102,064	1.4
Mainstream schools	53,127	0.7
¹ No information is available on the number of children without statements in special schools. It is assumed that all children in special schools have statements.