§ Mrs. Doris Fisherasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many primary school children, and secondary pupils, respectively, have been excluded from school and are waiting for places in special schools for the maladjusted.
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeIn January, 1970, 1,749 children in England and Wales were waiting for places in special schools for the maladjusted. I do not know how many of these had been excluded from ordinary schools. Separate figures for primary and secondary age children are not available.