§ Mr. Parkinsonasked 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-StevasAs 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