HC Deb 30 March 1998 vol 309 cc381-2W
Mrs. Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list those councils which provide separate facilities for the secondary education of autistic children and in each case the number of(a) locations and (b) full-time teacher equivalents at each location. [36685]

Mr. Wilson

The annual School Census currently collects information on provision for special educational needs in a number of broad categories. Autistic pupils would be included under the category of "language of communication disorder". The format of the existing census form does not allow autism provision to be disaggregated.