§ Angela SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many children have a statement of special educational needs, what percentage of school age children have been statemented, and what percentage of statemented children are on(a) level 2 and (b) level 3, in each local education authority. [153149]
§ Jacqui SmithThe information requested is not collected centrally.
The available data are shown in the table.
Arrangements for identifying and providing for children with SEN are set out in the Education Act 1996 (and, prior to this, the Education Acts 1993 and 1981). This Act is supported by the Code of Practice on the Identification and Assessment of Special Educational Needs, issued in 1994, to which local education authorities (LEAs) and schools must have regard. The Government published "Meeting Special Educational Needs: A Programme of Action" in November 1998 following consultation on its proposals to support the increased achievement of children with SEN.
The Code of Practice sets out five recommended stages for addressing the different levels of pupils' SEN. Stages 1–3 are school-based, with support from specialists from outside the school at stage 3. The vast majority of these children will have their needs met in mainstream schools. Stage 4 involves the LEA considering the need for, and if appropriate making, a multi-disciplinary assessment of the child's needs. Stage 5 involves the LEA making and monitoring a statement of SEN. The Government are currently reviewing the Code of Practice.
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All schools: Number of pupils with statements of Special Educational Needs (SEN)—January 2000 Local education authority area Number of pupils with statements Total number of pupils SEN as a percentage of all pupils1 England 252,857 8,345,815 3.0 North East 13,943 446,668 3.1 Darlington 580 17,231 3.4 Durham 3,296 82,634 4.0
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All schools: Number of pupils with statements of Special Educational Needs (SEN)—January 2000 Local education authority area Number of pupils with statements Total number of pupils SEN as a percentage of all pupils1 Gateshead 827 32,786 2.5 Hartlepool 430 17,250 2.5 Middlesbrough 776 26,541 2.9 Newcastle upon Tyne 1,151 45,623 2.5 North Tyneside 942 33,012 2.9 Northumberland 1,635 53,095 3.1 Redcar and Cleveland 590 26,231 2.2 South Tyneside 839 26,543 3.2 Stockton-on-Tees 1,082 34,777 3.1 Sunderland 1,795 50,945 3.5 North West 39,791 1,203,679 3.3 Blackburn with Darwen 1,176 28,781 4.1 Blackpool 828 22,684 3.7 Bolton 1,630 50,160 3.2 Bury 918 32,295 2.8 Cheshire 3,564 115,961 3.1 Cumbria 2,899 81,879 3.5 Halton 965 21,657 4.5 Knowsley 1,179 29,801 4.0 Lancashire 7,666 189,279 4.1 Liverpool 2,359 83,087 2.8 Manchester 2,160 75,076 2.9 Oldham 679 43,281 1.6 Rochdale 982 37,378 2.6 Salford 946 38,830 2.4 St. Helens 1,440 30,998 4.6 Sefton 1,649 51,796 3.2 Stockport 1,250 49,455 2.5 Tameside 1,189 38,931 3.4 Trafford 853 39,028 2.2 Warrington 993 32,996 3.0 Wigan 2,292 51,354 4.5 Wirral 2,146 58,972 3.6 Yorkshire and the Humber 26,974 867,713 3.1 Barnsley 1,126 35,573 3.2 Bradford 2,555 93,324 2.7 Calderdale 1,071 36,601 2.9 Doncaster 2,252 53,258 4.2 East Riding of Yorkshire 1,299 51,986 2.5 Kingston Upon Hull, City of 998 44,927 2.2 Kirklees 2,832 67,285 4.2 Leeds 4,239 122,363 3.5 North East Lincolnshire 805 29,047 2.8 North Lincolnshire 735 25,980 2.8 North Yorkshire 2,400 95,293 2.5 Rotherham 1,764 46,688 3.8 Sheffield 2,593 79,474 3.3 Wakefield 1,575 58,353 2.7 York 730 27,561 2.6 East Midlands 19,126 709,751 2.7 Derby 1,427 40,719 3.5 Derbyshire 4,321 121,462 3.6 Leicester 2,094 51,093 4.1 Leicestershire 2,813 99,715 2.8 Lincolnshire 3,239 104,362 3.1 Northamptonshire 3,114 112,071 2.8 Nottingham 685 46,848 1.5 Nottinghamshire 1,273 126,626 1.0 Rutland 160 6,855 2.3 West Midlands 28,322 935,483 3.0 Birmingham 5,256 187,380 2.8 Coventry 1,425 53,901 2.6 Dudley 1,259 51,590 2.4 herefordshire 825 26,102 3.2 Sandwell 1,352 52,851 2.6 Shropshire 1,667 45,259 3.7 Solihull 750 41,126 1.8 Staffordshire 5,552 138,349 4.0 Stoke-on-Trent 1,229 39,605 3.1 Telford and Wrekin 1,256 28,169 4.5 Walsall 1,426 51,061 2.8 Warwickshire 2,514 84,033 3.0 Wolverhampton 1,213 45,084 2.7 Worcestershire 2,598 90,973 2.9
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All schools: Number of pupils with statements of Special Educational Needs (SEN)—January 2000 Local education authority area Number of pupils with statements Total number of pupils SEN as a percentage of all pupils1 East of England 24,913 901,470 2.8 Bedfordshire 2,315 69,641 3.3 Cambridgeshire 2,845 85,034 3.3 Essex 4,634 210,299 2.2 Hertfordshire 4,709 195,782 2.4 Luton 732 32,593 2.2 Norfolk 4,084 119,701 3.4 Peterborough 1,011 29,697 3.4 Southend-on-Sea 684 27,550 2.5 Suffolk 3,387 108,881 3.1 Thurrock 512 22,292 2.3 London 34,200 1,185,392 2.9 Inner London 13,410 426,647 3.1 Camden 880 29,894 2.9 City of London 2 1,925 0.1 Hackney 1,040 31,437 3.3 Hammersmith and Fulham 748 21,731 3.4 Haringey 944 36,038 2.6 Islington 912 24,923 3.7 Kensington and Chelsea 310 21,590 1.4 Lambeth 1,221 30,332 4.0 Lewisham 1,274 38,694 3.3 Newham 1,496 49,506 3.0 Southwark 1,227 40,852 3.0 Tower Hamlets 1,569 37,633 4.2 Wandsworth 1,150 37,498 3.1 Westminster 637 24,594 2.6 Outer London 20,790 758,745 2.7 Barking and Dagenham 816 29,445 2.8 Barnet 1,272 54,777 2.3 Bexley 1,074 40,885 2.6 Brent 1,235 39,661 3.1 Bromley 1,643 51,219 3.2 Croydon 1,174 58,505 2.0 Ealing 1,224 49,080 2.5 Enfield 1,196 49,290 2.4 Greenwich 1,599 38,784 4.1 Harrow 808 33,787 2.4 Havering 1,094 37,656 2.9 Hillingdon 1,419 44,363 3.2 Hounslow 1,077 36,928 2.9 Kingston upon Thames 558 24,000 2.3 Merton 808 27,216 3.0 Redbridge 847 46,743 1.8 Richmond upon Thames 624 27,904 2.2 Sutton 967 30,955 3.1 Waltham Forest 1,355 37,547 3.6 South East 40,173 1,312,345 3.1 Bracknell Forest 464 18,011 2.6 Brighton and Hove 1,445 35,361 4.1 Buckinghamshire 2,428 83,711 2.9 East Sussex 2,326 74,490 3.1 Hampshire 4,705 192,205 2.4 Isle of Wight 873 20,401 4.3 Kent 8,030 228,836 3.5 Medway 1,631 46,726 3.5 Milton Keynes 1,343 36.070 3.7 Oxfordshire 2,431 99,345 2.4 Portsmouth 757 29,539 2.6 Reading 612 20,959 2.9 Slough 676 20,858 3.2 Southampton 831 32,983 2.5 Surrey 5,344 176,782 3.0 West Berkshire 1,103 27,670 4.0 West Sussex 3,662 116,591 3.1 Windsor and Maidenhead 606 24,908 2.4 Wokingham 906 26,899 3.4 South West 25.425 783,314 3.2 Bath and North East Somerset 721 29,679 2.4 Bournemouth 675 23,049 2.9 Bristol, City of 2,436 60,354 4.0 Cornwall 3,341 76,095 4.4 Devon 3,750 105,086 3.6 Dorset 1,814 60,385 3.0
All schools: Number of pupils with statements of Special Educational Needs (SEN)—January 2000 Local education authority area Number of pupils with statements Total number of pupils SEN as a percentage of all pupils1 Gloucestershire 2,681 93,395 2.9 Isles of Scilly 4 266 1.5 North Somerset 906 28,647 3.2 Plymouth 1,513 42,768 3.5 Poole 703 21,090 3.3 Somerset 2,257 79,711 2.8 South Gloucestershire 1,292 41,819 3.1 Swindon 961 29,886 3.2 Torbay 689 20,065 3.4 Wiltshire 1,661 70,962 2.3 1 Excludes dually registered pupils in Special Schools and Pupil Referral Units
§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans he has to ensure statements under Part 3 of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Bill[Lords] quantify provision. [158121]
§ Jacqui SmithSection 324(3) of the Education Act 1996 requires that statements specify the special educational provision to be made for individual children. We have no plans to change this. The existing Special Educational Needs Code of Practice recognises that, in many cases, specific provision should be quantified, while in other cases flexibility should be retained. The revised Code of Practice, which will shortly be placed before Parliament for approval, will expand on this guidance. It will make it clear that a statement should describe clearly all of the child's special educational needs in full; set out the main objectives that the special educational provision aims to meet; specify clearly and detail the provision required to meet each of the child's needs; describe the arrangements for setting shorter-term objectives for the child and any special arrangements for the annual review of the statement. The revised Code will recognise that there may often be a need for provision to be expressed in terms of hours, equipment or personnel, and it will also state clearly that authorities must not, in any circumstances, have blanket policies not to quantify provision in statements.