§ Mr. Home RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children have been diagnosed as having a specific speech or language disorder as a primary handicap, in each Scottish region and islands area; what number of these children from each region or island area are educated outwith their own region and, of these, how many are educated in England; what schools are attended by children with specific speech or language disorders who are educated within their own region and what is the annual cost per pupil; and of these children, identified with a specific speech or language disorder as a principal handicap, how many are recorded, in each region and islands area. [17877]
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§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonInformation is not held centrally in the form requested. The available information is given in the table.
Number of pupils in Scottish schools whose main difficulty in learning is a communication disorder as at September 1993 Education authority: Grant-aided Independent schools Pupils in special schools Recorded pupils in mainstream primary and secondary schools Pupils in special schools Pupils Scotland 1353 (209) 363 8 267 Borders 5 (3) 7 0 Central 7 (7) 43 0 Dumfries and Galloway 1(1) 18 0 Fife 16(2) 2 0 Grampian 61 (24) 27 0 Highland 17 (17) 35 0 Lothian 57 (13) 24 4 Strathclyde 157 (122) 179 4 Tayside 31 (19) 25 0 Orkney 1 (1) 1 0 Shetland 0 (0) 1 0 Western Isles 0 (0) 1 0 Strathclyde divisions: Argyll and Bute 1 (1) 3 0 Ayr 33 (27) 47 0 Dumbarton 4 (0) 24 0 Glasgow 86 (62) 41 4 Lanark 26 (15) 27 0 Renfrew 7 (7) 37 0 1 Figures in brackets give the number of pupils in Special Schools who have a Record of Needs. 2 This figure cannot be broken down by Region.
£ million Property proceeds Grant-in-aid Gross provision (Rental) (Disposal) Receipts from European Social Fund for Government training programmes 1991–92 379.3 446.4 7.7 10.5 18.1 1992–93 375.6 449.1 9.0 7.0 22.8 1993–94 378.8 451.4 11.9 15.2 23.3 1994–95 (estimate) 432.7 467.1 8.5 21.0 23.3 1995–96 (provisional estimate) 436.3 471.7 10.3 20.1 29.5 1996–97 (plans) n/a 472.2 n/a n/a n/a 1997–98 (plans) n/a 472.7 n/a n/a n/a Scottish Enterprise came into operation on 1 April 1991. Details of its budget after 1995–96 will be addressed in future public expenditure surveys.