§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will require that punishment books kept in special schools distinguish between corporal punishments, other physical punishments, and other punishments; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. DunnParagraph 19 of circular 6/83 contains guidelines as to which punishments should and should not be recorded in the punishment book kept by a special school. An attempt to be comprehensively prescriptive over entries in the punishment book would not be practical.
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§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, in the light of the European Court of Human Rights' judgment on corporal punishment in schools, he will make it a condition of approval of special schools and special hospital schools that they prohibit the use of corporal punishment on their pupils; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. DunnNo. The method adopted by the Government to give effect in England and Wales to the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Campbell and Cosans was explained in a consultative document issued in July last by the Department and the Welsh Office Education Department. The arrangements described will apply to all maintained schools and inter alia to children with special educational needs placed by local education authorities in non-maintained special schools and independent schools.