§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he is considering ways of integrating disabled children into ordinary schools where possible.
§ Mr. DunnSection 2 of the Education Act 1981, which came into effect on 1 April 1983, requires that where certain conditions are fulfilled, children with special educational needs shall be educated in ordinary schools. In my reply to the right hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, South (Mr. Ashley) on 5 July—[Vol. 45, c. 71]—I gave details of departmental initiatives to improve provision for children with special educational needs in ordinary schools.