§ Mrs. Dunwoodyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what information he has as to the numbers of places in private education for the handicapped paid for by local education authorities and their costs for each of the last 10 financial years in (a) Greater London, (b) the metropolitan counties, (c) the county councils and (d) Cheshire county council;
Recurrent expenditure on places in private education paid for by LEAs (£000s cash) Ordinary Pupils Handicapped Pupils Cheshire Greater London Metropolitan Districts English Counties Cheshire Greater London Metropolitan Districts English Counties 1978–79 2,415 6,278 8,073 28,451 799 9,393 8,705 28,416 1979–80 2,460 5,579 8,168 19,237 825 11,185 10,279 36,194 1980–81 2,543 5,041 7,841 19,727 976 14,245 13,412 46,844 1981–82 2,846 4,561 7,586 17,998 1,307 17,407 13,798 55,456 1982–83* 2,525 3,090 6,618 15,268 1,418 17,722 14,192 57,733 * Provisional.