HC Deb 16 February 1966 vol 724 cc264-6W
Mr. Alan Williams

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many handicapped children in each Welsh local education authority area, who are

NUMBER OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN EACH WELSH LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY REQUIRING RESIDENTIAL PLACES IN SPECIAL SCHOOLS AS AT 21ST JANUARY, 1965
Local education authority Blind Partially Sighted Deaf Partly Hearing Handicap Physically Handicapped Delicate Maladjusted E.S.N. Epileptic Speech Defects Total
Anglesey 2 3 — 1 — — — 7 — — 13
Breconshire — — 1 — — — — — — — 1
Caernarvonshire — 1 1 1 9 2 — 53 — — 67
Cardiganshire — — — — 2 1 — 16 — — 19
Carmarthenshire — — — — 2 1 — 67 1 — 71
Denbighshire — 1 3 1 1 2 — 12 — — 20
Flintshire — — — — 5 — 3 6 1 — 15
Glamorgan — 1 5 — 13 2 4 98 2 1 126
Merionethshire — 1 — — 5 — — 13 — — 19
Monmouthshire — — — — — — — 11 1 — 12
Montgomeryshire 1 — — — — — 1 7 — — 9
Pembrokeshire — — — — 1 — 2 6 — — 9
Radnorshire — — — — — 1 1 7 1 — 10
Cardiff — — — — — — — 3 — — 3
Merthyr Tydfil — — — — — — — — — — —
Newport — 1 — — — — 1 — 1 1 4
Swansea — — — — 1 — 1 — 1 — 3
Total 3 8 10 3 39 9 13 306 8 2 401
Number of children included above who had not reached the age of5:—
Anglesey 2 — — — — — — — — — 2
Breconshire — — 1 — — — — — — — 1
Caernarvonshire — — 1 — 3 — — — — — 4
Denbighshire — — 2 — — — — — — — 2
Glamorgan — — 4 — 4 — — — — — 8
Merionethshire — — — — 1 — — — — — 1
Newport — 1 — — — — — — — — 1
2 1 8 — 8 — — — — — 19
Number of children included above who had reached the age of 5 but whose parents had refused consent to their admission to a special school:—
Anglesey — 2 — 1 — — — 4 — — 7
Caernarvonshire — 1 — 1 4 — — 22 — — 28
Cardiganshire — — — — — 1 — — — — 1
Carmarthenshire — — — — 1 — — 9 1 — 11
Denbighshire — 1 1 — — 2 — 8 — — 12
Flintshire — — — — 5 — 2 4 1 — 12
Glamorgan — — — — 4 2 — 46 2 — 54
Merionethshire — — — — — — — 3 — — 3
Radnorshire — — — — — 1 — — — — 1
— 4 1 2 14 6 2 96 4 — 129

in need of special residential education, are unable to obtain residential places; and which categories of handicap are affected.

Mr. Denis Howell

The following tables give the information required: