§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a list setting out the percentage of children recorded as having special needs in primary schools in each local education authority area in 1990,1991 and 1992.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 30 November 1992]: Information on the percentage of education authority primary school pupils for whom a record of needs is maintained is shown in the table. Information for 1992 is not yet available.
Percentage of recorded pupils in education authority primary schools as at September 1990 per cent. 1991 per cent. Scotland 0.3 0.4 Borders 0.3 0.5 Central 0.4 0.4 Dumfries and Galloway 1.1 1.0 Fife 0.1 0.1 Grampian 0.2 0.4 Highland 0.7 0.8 Lothian 0.2 0.1 Strathclyde 0.3 0.4 Tayside 0.2 0.3 Orkney 0.2 0.2 Shetland 0.4 0.3 Western Isles 0.4 0.3 Strathclyde divisions Argyll and Bute 0.9 0.8 Ayr 0.5 0.8 Dunbarton 0.1 0.1 Glasgow 0.2 0.3 Lanark 0.2 0.3 Renfrew 0.4 0.5