§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what facilities now exist for the special training and teach-
Maintenance Capital £ £ Animal Diseases Research Association … … … 647,938 133,699 Hannah Research Institute … … … 564,000 175,796 Hill Farming Research Organisation … … … 509,000 110,571 Macaulay Institute for Soil Research … … … 960,000 85,123 Rowett Research Institute … … … 1,295,000 214,489 Scottish Horticultural Research Institute … … … 603,544 49,580 Scottish Institute of Agricultural Engineering … … … 410,000 94,750 Scottish Society for Research in Plant Breeding … … … 453,741 54,645 The Animal Breeding Research Organisation, Poultry Research Centre, Unit of Animal Genetics and Unit of Statis-
176Wing of autistic children in the Manchester and North-West area, respectively.
§ Miss Joan LestorI have been asked to reply.
For autistic or other non-communicating children there is separate LEA provision in Manchester for 12 children, and in the rest of the North-West for 51 children. In addition, there are two independent schools in the Merseyside area providing 38 places. Some autistic children may also be placed in special schools catering for other handicaps or in hospital schools.