HC Deb 03 April 1973 vol 854 c61W
Mr. Parkinson

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what, on the basis of the most recent information available, is the number of children in each category of handicap waiting for a special school place;

(2) what, on the basis of the most recent information available, is the number of children in each category of handicap, who have been waiting for a special school place for more than one year.

Mr. St. John-Stevas

As at January 1972, the numbers were as follows:

Awaiting admission for more than 1 year Total number awaiting admission
Blind 49 122
Partially sighted 84 205
Deaf 26 126
Partially hearing 66 221
Physically handicapped 181 691
Delicate 301 831
Maladjusted 516 1,790
Educationally subnormal 4,795 10,761
Epileptic 17 47
Speech defects 42 107
Total 6,077 14,901