§ Mr. Colin Shepherdasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will set out in the Official Report a table showing how many prefabricated steel bridges have been supplied under the provision of the disaster fund; to which countries they have been supplied; who were the United Kingdom manufacturers; what was the span of each and free-on-board cost of each, indicating whether each was dealt with by single tender action or by competitive tender for each of the years 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83 and for the current financial year to date.
§ Mr. RaisonNo prefabricated bridging was provided from disaster funds during the period 1979–80 to 1982–83. Bridging provided this financial year is as follows:
normally made by means of skilled remedial teaching in ordinary schools. No separate allocation of funds is made by the Government for the teaching of these children, whose education is provided by local education authorities out of rate moneys and rate support grant.
§ Mr. Amessasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children are registered as or taught as dyslexic.
§ Mr. DunnThe Department does not collect these statistics. Dyslexia was not one of the categories of handicap prescribed under the Handicapped Pupils and Special Schools Regulations 1959. Since the implementation of the Education Act 1981 on 1 April 1983, the requirement to prescribe separate categories of handicap has been abolished in accordance with the recommendations of Warnock committee on special educational needs.