§ Ms. Estelle MorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children of(a) primary age and (b) secondary age, (i) in each local authority area and (ii) in total have been statemented in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. ForthSeparate information on primary and secondary age children for whom a statement of special educational needs has been made is not available. Information on the numbers of children of all ages for whom statements of special educational needs were made for the first time during each of the calendar years 1987 to 1991, the latest year for which information is available, in each local education authority in England is given in the table.
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Calendar year Local education authority 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Hackney — — — — 123 Hammersmith — — — — 64 Islington — — — — 57 Kensington — — — — 40 Lambeth — — — — 103 Lewisham — — — — 55 Southwark — — — — 174 Tower Hamlets — — — — 137 Wandsworth — — — — 112 Westminster — — — — 111 Barking 30 50 54 65 73 Barnet 87 53 101 85 129 Bexley 122 120 183 204 257 Brent 290 93 80 37 81 Bromley 159 135 124 132 97 Croydon 207 121 132 119 109 Ealing 78 126 108 137 169 Enfield 32 43 22 19 31 Haringey 57 61 50 73 108 Harrow 94 91 73 75 96 Havering 111 77 62 106 136 Hillingdon 35 47 108 73 46 Ilounslow 169 170 234 238 95 Kingston-upon-Thames 44 60 70 76 76 Merton 150 92 71 88 62 Newham 51 81 131 101 154 Redbridge 74 92 77 82 117 Richmond-upon-Thames 83 75 87 69 76 Sutton 100 91 101 108 98 Waltham Forest 63 52 51 97 74 Birmingham 526 361 325 335 496 Coventry 158 143 120 151 146 Dudley 135 135 168 193 191 Sandwell 156 152 120 51 88 Solihull 106 110 104 127 128 Walsall 138 86 166 153 159 Wolverhampton 133 146 87 160 148 Knowsley 147 130 133 202 169 Liverpool 118 151 365 618 435 St. Helens 27 146 151 136 122 Sefton 122 130 96 186 179 Wirral 138 294 235 133 145 Bolton 97 93 97 109 121 Bury 153 170 157 164 168 Manchester 114 165 162 112 135 Oldham 80 110 207 210 89 Rochdale 119 124 154 157 78 Salford 52 62 48 61 18 Stockport 226 199 163 244 225 Tameside 97 203 184 124 148 Trafford 167 97 133 125 77 Wigan 104 2 188 303 388 Barnsley 44 34 45 95 122 Doncaster 154 135 162 162 142 Rotherham 215 171 155 305 301 Sheffield 145 160 105 128 197 Bradford 111 94 100 75 145 Calderdale 70 72 50 45 59 Kirklees 289 191 243 249 347 Leeds 124 687 351 311 441 Wakefield 139 107 166 93 202 Gateshead 22 43 56 85 198 Newcastle upon Tyne 132 155 131 103 154 North Tyneside 123 129 167 178 169 South Tyneside 105 86 97 74 70 Sunderland 104 139 170 148 263 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0 Avon 487 682 603 333 450 Bedfordshire 264 248 264 284 329 Berkshire 262 322 421 504 716 Buckinghamshire 401 498 484 716 568 Cambridgeshire 49 296 90 111 340 Cheshire 487 620 575 566 720 Cleveland 277 333 420 359 353 Cornwall 231 263 419 245 426 Cumbria 227 166 155 322 323 Derbyshire 495 633 587 742 594
Calendar year Local education authority 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Devon 586 632 847 793 924 Dorset 345 198 247 287 341 Durham 227 265 219 204 308 East Sussex 203 261 180 247 211 Essex 808 800 778 627 613 Gloucestershire 274 300 247 278 433 Hampshire 920 950 1,038 1,034 1,686 Hereford and Worcestershire 133 192 242 397 417 Hertfordshire 463 462 580 584 741 Humberside 193 267 255 211 483 Isle of Wight 63 56 45 46 68 Kent 700 549 595 953 983 Lancashire 810 968 1,269 1,124 1,305 Leicestershire 268 389 486 465 587 Lincolnshire 254 383 354 665 687 Norfolk 492 407 551 508 500 North Yorkshire 394 247 296 397 437 Northamptonshire 229 277 297 230 357 Nothumberland 164 170 142 161 185 Nottinghamshire 233 327 264 218 153 Oxfordshire 95 88 132 144 263 Shropshire 311 364 234 434 480 Somerset 309 426 244 169 161 Staffordshire 586 538 606 639 666 Suffolk 475 454 522 387 435 Surrey 848 701 953 497 1,178 Warwickshire 282 269 315 249 244 West Sussex 264 262 177 267 350 Wiltshire 405 509 530 665 775 ENGLAND 22,408 24,017 24,633 26,519 30,847 1 Incomplete return. —= Not available.