HC Deb 06 December 1968 vol 774 cc574-6W
Mr. Will Owen

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many primary schools in Ashington, Northumberland, are now 50 years old; what plans are in hand to modernise them or replace them; and whether he will make a statement.

Miss Bacon

Information supplied by the local education authority is as follows:

maladjusted children are estimated to require special education facilities at the secondary stage in England and Wales; and what is the total number of places available;

(2) how many maladjusted children are estimated to require special educational facilities at the primary stage in England and Wales; and what is the total number of places available.

Mr. Denis Howell

Local education authorities reported 11,417 maladjusted children as requiring special educational treatment in January, 1968. Separate figures are not available for children of primary and secondary age. They were placed as follows:—

In special schools 4,315
In boarding homes 714
In special classes and units associated with ordinary schools 1,692
In independent schools 2,592
Total 9,313

Of the remaining 2,104 some were receiving education elsewhere than in school, e.g. in hospital or at home, and some were in ordinary schools whilst awaiting vacancies in special schools.

Mr. Newens

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) which education authorities in England and Wales provide facilities for the education of maladjusted children at the secondary stage;

(2) which education authorities in England and Wales provide facilities for the education of maladjusted children at the primary stage.

Mr. Denis Howell

The local education authoritites listed below maintain special schools, boarding homes or hostels, or day classes or units for maladjusted pupils. Since many special schools cover a range which includes primary and secondary age children it is not possible to give separate details for primary and secondary stages. Authorities without their own maintained facilities may place maladjusted pupils in schools provided by other authorities, in non-maintained schools run by voluntary bodies or in independent schools.

Local Education Authority
England.
Bedfordshire. Somerset.
Berkshire. Staffordshire.
Buckinghamshire. Suffolk, West.
Cornwall. Surrey.
Derbyshire. Sussex, East.
Devon. Sussex, West.
Dorset. Warwickshire.
Durham. Yorks, West
Essex. Riding.
Gloucestershire. Barrow-in-Furness.
Hertfordshire. Bath.
Kent. Birkenhead.
Lancashire. Birmingham.
Leicestershire. Blackpool.
Lincs.—Holland. Bournemouth.
Lincs.—Kesteven. Bradford.
Lincs.—Lindsey. Burnley.
Norfolk. Bury.
Northamptonshire. Chester.
Nottinghamshire. Coventry.
Oxfordshire. Leeds.
Shropshire. Leicester.

Local Education Authority
England
Liverpool. Brent.
Manchester. Croydon.
Newcastle upon Tyne. Ealing.
Enfield.
Northampton. Harrow.
Nottingham. Havering.
Oldham. Hillingdon.
Oxford. Hounslow.
Plymouth. Kingston upon Thames.
Portsmouth.
Preston. Merton.
Reading. Redbridge.
Salford. Richmond upon Thames.
Southampton.
Southend-on-Sea. Sutton.
Stoke-on-Trent. Waltham Forest.
West Bromwich. Inner London.

Local Education Authority
Wales
Cardiganshire. Cardiff.
Carmarthenshire. Newport (Mon.).
Glamorgan. Swansea.
Monmouthshire.