HL Deb 06 May 1999 vol 600 c110WA
Baroness Blatch

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish data for England showing, for all state primary schools, the percentage of pupils on roll in each of the years 1983 to 1998:

  1. (a)with Special Educational Needs and with Statements of Special Educational Need:
  2. (b) with Special Educational Needs but without Statements of Special Educational Need,
showing data separately for boys, girls and all pupils and including the number of schools and the total number of pupils on roll.[HL2232]

The Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment (Baroness Blackstone)

The information available is shown in the following table.

Percentage of pupils with Special Educational Needs in England January of each year—Maintained Primary Schools
Number of Schools Number of Pupils on Roll Percentage of Pupils with Special Educational Needs and with Statements of Special Needs Percentage of Pupils with Special Educational Needs but without Statements of Educational Special Educational Needs
1983 20,384 3,844,125
1984 20,020 3,765,845
1985 19,734 3,747,848
1986 19,549 3,760,982
1987 19,432 3,792,230
1988 19,319 3,844,928
1989 19,232 3,905,478
1990 19,162 3,984,860
991 19,047 4,047,136
1992 18,926 4,089,238
1993 18,828 4,165,403
1994 18,683 4,241,750
1995 18,551 4,312,200
1996 18,480 4,389,364 17.2 15.7
1997 18,392 4,429,043 18.6 17.1
1998 18,312 4,460,646 19.9 18.4
—not available