Deaf Children, Devon

HC Deb 14 July 1966 vol 731 cc240-1W

76. Mr. Peter Mills

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what provision is being made in north and west Devon for the training and education of deaf children.

Mr. Redhead

Peripatetic teachers assist children with impaired hearing in ordinary schools. In addition, children may be placed in the Royal West of England School for the Deaf, Exeter. Other special arrangements apply in particular areas.

77. Mr. Peter Mills

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many deaf children require special training facilities in north and west Devon.

Mr. Redhead

Eight children in the area will be admitted to a special class to be opened at a primary school in Barnstaple when a teacher of the deaf has been appointed.