§ Mr. Dormandasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the number of places available in maintained and non-maintained schools for educationally subnormal children in the Northern Region.
§ Mr. St. John-StevasIn January, 1972, 6,749 children attended maintained special schools for ESN children in the Northern Region, including 2,037 of the severely educationally subnormal. There are no non-maintained ESN schools in the region.
§ Mr. Dormandasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the figures for the pupil-teacher ratio in schools for maladjusted children for England and Wales for the last six years.
§ Mr. St. John-StevasThe following is the number of pupils per teacher:
January, 1966 6.8 January, 1967 6.4 January, 1968 6.6 January, 1969 6.5 January, 1970 6.3 January, 1971 6.2 The figures for January, 1972 are not yet available.