§ Mr. Arnoldasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many (i) deaf and (ii) partially heating children have been educated in (a) ordinary schools and units and (b) special schools in each education authority area in each of the last five years; and which authorities make no use of special schools for such pupils.
§ Mr. DunnThe number of deaf children and those with partial hearing in special schools and ordinary schools in each local education authority in January 1983 is shown in the following table. Corresponding figures for the four previous years could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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*Special schools Maintained Primary and Secondary schools Local education authority Number of pupils who are deaf Number of pupils who have partial hearing †Number of pupils who are deaf †Number of pupils who have partial hearing Barking — 1 27 10 Barnet 4 — 3 26 Bexley — — 7 27 Brent — — 2 24 Bromley — — 21 25 Croydon — 5 12 19 Ealing — 2 1 46 Enfield — 4 2 2 Haringey 37 27 — 19 Harrow — — 2 48 Havering — 1 2 45 Hillingdon — — 3 54 Hounslow 53 20 1 1 Kingston-upon-Thames — — 1 30 Merton — — — — Newham 59 6 — 19 Redbridge — — — 24 Richmond-upon-Thames — — — 3 Sutton — 1 1 20 Waltham Forest 75 7 5 70 ILEA 196 51 9 442 Birmingham 213 22 9 138 Coventry — 2 9 64 Dudley 1 1 8 44 Sandwell 1 1 4 36 Solihull — — 11 77 Walsall — — 16 47 Wolverhampton 1 1 21 49 Knowsley — — 1 36 Liverpool 85 22 3 80 St. Helens 1 7 16 14 Sefton 110 63 3 17 Wirral — 1 2 82 Bolton 28 81 1 28 Bury — — 2 56 Manchester 70 81 3 79 Oldham — 25 2 13 Rochdale — 3 — 46 Salford — 2 3 37 Stockport 162 — 6 51 Tameside — — — 48 Trafford — 1 — 21 Wigan — — — — Bamsley — — 10 51 Doncaster 151 1 3 42 Rotherham — — 6 47 Sheffield — 1 34 121 Bradford 116 14 10 71 Calderdale — — 6 32 Kirklees — — — 42 Leeds 115 113 12 78 Wakefield — — 9 39 Gateshead — — 8 16 Newcastle upon Tyne 99 4 14 36 North Tyneside — 1 11 25 South Tyneside — 1 8 27 Sunderland — — 2 67 Isles of Scilly — — — — Avon 53 29 9 215 Bedfordshire — — 39 93 Berkshire 130 71 46 163 Buckinghamshire 38 3 24 118 Cambridgeshire — 14 39 118 Cheshire 1 — 13 224 Cleveland 48 23 17 104 Cornwall 3 — 23 120 Cumbria 3 7 19 63 Derbyshire 127 31 9 113 Devon 83 81 10 115 Dorset — 1 25 22 Durham — — 1 84 East Sussex 1 115 24 55 Essex 2 18 20 239 Gloucestershire 1 3 16 60
*Special schools Maintained Primary and Secondary schools Local education authority Number of pupils who are deaf Number of pupils who have partial hearing †Number of pupils who are deaf †Number of pupils who have partial hearing Hampshire 57 13 57 162 Hereford and Worcestershire 1 3 26 77 Hertfordshire 67 88 11 157 Humberside 22 — 40 132 Isle of Wight — — 5 46 Kent 153 8 12 290 Lancashire 75 28 3 153 Leicestershire — 4 32 123 Lincolnshire — — 7 89 Norfolk 35 2 24 72 North Yorkshire — 1 16 90 Northamptonshire — 2 27 103 Northumberland — 1 12 44 Nottinghamshire 35 25 57 326 Oxfordshire 2 1 7 118 Shropshire — — 20 57 Somerset — — 23 82 Staffordshire 57 57 13 108 Suffolk — — 4 77 Surrey 143 9 4 110 Warwickshire 1 — 4 46 West Sussex 5 — 18 39 Wiltshire 3 1 8 84 England 2,723 1,212 1,116 7,202 The pupils included above are classified by their major handicap. * Including non-maintained special schools, and deaf and partially hearing pupils in special schools for other handicaps. † Including some part-time pupils.