§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if his Department has considered ways in which more detailed statistics and information can be collected (a) to identify those children with special educational needs and (b) to monitor implementation of the Education Act 1981; what information his Department currently collects; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science on what basis information is collected at birth or in early childhood on children with special educational needs by local education authorities; and if this is followed up by further data collection.