§ Mr. Laneasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many maintained and non-maintained special schools, respectively, in the categories 369W of blind, partially sighted, deaf, partially hearing, physically handicapped, delicate, maladjusted, educationally subnormal, epileptic, and speech defect have been in existence for periods of less than 10
Category of school Maintained special schools, in existence Non-maintained special schools in existence Less than 10 years 10–20 years More than 20 years Less than 10 years 10–20 years More than 20 years Blind … — — 2 1 2 12 Partially sighted … 1 4 10 — — 4 Blind and partially sighted … — — 1 — — 1 Deaf … 2 3 7 — 2 4 Partially hearing … 1 2 1 — — 2 Blind and partially sighted … — — 1 — — Deaf and partially hearing … 1 4 13 1 — 5 Deaf and partially sighted … — — 1 — — — Physically handicapped … 19 16 19 2 11 11 Delicate … 6 13 31 — 1 8 Delicate and physically handicapped 8 6 50 1 1 — Delicate and maladjusted … — 1 3 — — — Maladjusted … 60 22 6 5 8 5 Educationally subnormal … 202 168 90 2 4 9 Epileptic … — 1 1 — — 4 Speech defect … 1 — — — 1 1 Multiple handicaps … 2 — — — — —