§ John MannTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children received a statement of special educational needs in(a) Nottinghamshire and (b) England in the last year. [9999]
§ Mr. TimmsThe numbers of children for whom statements were newly made in 1999 in Nottinghamshire LEA and England were 121 and 37,077 respectively.
Information for the calendar year 2000 will be available in the Statistical Bulletin "Special Educational Needs in England: January 2001" due to be published in November 2001.