§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what is the number and the proportion of children in England who are attending each type of school providing special education;
(2) what is the number and proportion of children in the West Riding of Yorkshire who are attending each type of school providing special education.
§ Mrs. ThatcherThe following figures relate to January 1972:
183WIn addition, some handicapped children receive special education in ordinary schools, in special classes or units, in independent schools, in hospital and at home.
§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what is the number of children in the West Riding of Yorkshire who are in need of each type of special education and who are not yet in attendance at appropriate schools;
(2) what is the number of children in England who are in need of each kind of special education and who are not yet in attendance at an appropriate school.
§ Mrs. ThatcherThe numbers of children awaiting admission to special schools —other than hospital special schools—in January 1972 were:
West Riding England Blind 4 122 Partially Sighted 4 205 Deaf 4 126 Partially Hearing 5 221 Physically Handicapped 29 691 Delicate 6 831 Maladjusted 52 1,790 Educationally Subnormal 285 10,761 Epileptic 1 47 With Speech Defects 3 107 Total 393 14,901