HC Deb 20 December 1962 vol 669 cc223-5W
Lord Balniel

asked the Minister of Education whether he will analyse by counties the figure of 92 deaf children referred to in Appendix E, Table II of the Report of his Department's chief medical officer, as requiring places in special schools.

Sir E. Boyle

The figures are as follows:

DEAF PUPILS WHO, IN JANUARY, 1962 WERE REQUIRING PLACES IN SPECIAL SCHOOLS
Geographical County Day Places Boarding Places
ENGLAND
Bedfordshire 1
Berkshire 1
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 3
Durham 4 3
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 2
Hertfordshire 4
Isle of Ely 1
Isle of Wight 1
Kent 2 1
Lancashire 2 9
Leicestershire 1 2
Lincolnshire-Kesteven 1
Lincolnshire-Lindsey 2
London 6
Middlesex 1
Northamptonshire 1
Northumberland 2 3
Nottinghamshire 2
Shropshire 2
Somerset 1
Suffolk, East 2
Surrey 1 5
Warwickshire 2
Wiltshire 2
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire, North Riding 3 1
Yorkshire, West Riding 3 5
WALES
Caernarvonshire 2
Glamorgan 1 1
21 71
Total* 92
*Note: This total includes 57 children under five years of age and 4 children whose parents refused consent to their admission to a special school.

Lord Balniel

asked the Minister of Education whether he will analyse by counties the figure of 168 partially deaf children referred to in Appendix E, Table II, of the Report of his Department's chief medical officer, as requiring places in special schools.

Sir E. Boyle

The figures are as follows:

PARTIALLY HEARING PUPILS WHO, IN JANUARY, 1962 WERE REQUIRING PLACES IN SPECIAL SCHOOLS
Geographical County Day Places Boarding Places
ENGLAND
Berkshire 3
Buckinghamshire 4
Cheshire 4 2
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 3
Devon 1
Durham 3 5
Essex 1 5
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 2
Kent 6 3
Lancashire 2 6
Leicestershire 3
Lincolnshire-Holland 1
Lincolnshire-Lindsey 1
London 2 3
Middlesex 1
Norfolk 8
Northamptonshire 5
Northumberland 1 1
Nottinghamshire 2
Shropshire 5
Somerset 1
Staffordshire 10 10
Suffolk, East 3
Surrey 1 2
Warwickshire 11 4
Wiltshire 2
Worcestershire 1 2
Yorkshire, North Riding 3
Yorkshire, West Riding 16 4
WALES
Caernarvonshire 3
Glamorgan 3 2
Montgomeryshire 2
69 99
Total* 168
*Note: This total includes 44 children under five years of age and 19 children whose parents refused consent to their admission to a special school.