HC Deb 03 December 1964 vol 703 cc102-3W
48. Mr. Clive Bossom

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a statement concerning the development of facilities for educating the subnormal in Herefordshire.

Mr. R. E. Prentice

The school population of Herefordshire is too scattered to make possible a day special school for the educationally subnormal. The local education authority provides special educational treatment for most of these pupils in ordinary schools. More seriously handicapped pupils attend boarding special schools in Herefordshire, Shropshire and elsewhere. The authority has no immediate proposals for other developments.