§ Baroness Blatchasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish data for Northern Ireland showing, for all state primary schools, the percentage of pupils on roll in each of the years 1983 to 1998:
showing data separately for boys, girls and all pupils and including the number of schools and the total number of pupils on roll.[HL2275]
- (a) With Special Educational Needs and with Statements of Special Education Need;
- (b) With Special Educational Needs but without Statements of Special Educational Need;
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office (Lord Dubs)The available information is as follows:
Percentage of pupils with Statements of Special Educational Need Total Number of Pupils on Roll Year Boys Girls Total Number of Schools 1986–87 0.6 0.4 0.5 991 177,711 1987–88 0.7 0.4 0.5 985 178,263 1988–89 0.7 0.4 0.6 978 179,871 1989–90 0.7 0.4 0.6 973 181,426 1990–91 0.9 0.5 0.7 973 181,233 1991–92 0.9 0.5 0.7 964 180,954 1992–93 1.0 0.6 0.8 957 181,993 1993–94 1.0 0.6 0.8 951 181,852 1994–95 1.2 0.6 0.9 938 181,585 1995–96 1.2 0.7 1.0 923 181,991 1996–97 1.4 0.8 1.1 920 181,284 1997–98 1.6 0.8 1.2 920 178,906 1998–99 1.7 0.9 1.3 916 176,866