HC Deb 04 March 1980 vol 980 c174W
Mr. David Price

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many physically disabled children were attending special schools in each of the last 10 years in Scotland.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

The information is as follows:

PUBLIC AND GRANT-AIDED SCHOOLS AND CLASSES
Year Number of physically handicapped pupils
1970 1,145
1971 1,119
1972 1,092
1973 1,070
1974 1,088
1975 1,110
1976 1,076
1977 1,040
1978 982
1979 981
(provisional)