§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children have been statemented in Buckinghamshire and (b) the Chesham and Amersham constituency in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [62856]
§ Mr. Miliband[holding answer 24 June 2002]: The information requested is shown in the table:
Pupils with a statement of special educational needs in Buckinghamshire local education authority and Chesham and Amersham constituency1 1993–20022 Position in January each year Buckinghamshire3 Buckinghamshire4 Milton Keynes4 Chesham and Amersham constituency 1993 3,287 5— 5— 5— 1994 3,506 5— 5— 5— 1995 3,234 5— 5— 5— 1996 3,615 5— 5— 5— 1997 3,737 5— 5— 549 1998 5— 2,409 1,369 559 1999 5— 2,347 1,402 549 2000 5— 2,340 1,332 592 2001 5— 2,338 1,198 590 2002 5— 2,235 979 6— 1 Includes maintained primary and secondary schools and maintained and non-maintained special schools. 2 Provisiona 3 Before local government re-organisation. 4 After local government re-organisation. 5 Not applicable. 6 Not available. Source:
Annual Schools' Census.