HC Deb 11 February 1971 vol 811 cc237-8W
Mr. Gwynoro Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the amount to be provided for current expenditure on education in Wales from 1970–71 to 1974–75 out of the total provided on page 36 of the White Paper, Command Paper No. 4578; and how the figures differ from those envisaged in Command Paper No. 4234.

Mrs. Thatcher

I would refer the hon. Member to the answers to his Questions given today by my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Wales on primary and secondary education expenditure. Figures for the total expendi- private, respectively, catering for maladjusted children.

Mr. van Straubenzee

There are 164 schools in England catering wholly or mainly for maladjusted pupils, of which 99 are special schools maintained by local education authorities, 19 are non-maintained special schools run by charitable organisations and trusts, and 46 are independent schools. A number of other schools cater for small groups of maladjusted pupils.