§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in the Official Report the number of places for children of compulsory school age with special needs (a) in each local education authority in England, (b) for all local education authorities in England, (c) for privately run special schools and (d) the total of such places (i) for all such children and (ii) expressed in those categories used as classification by his Department in each of the last 10 years and the percentage change involved in each case.
§ Mr. DunnBecausea large number of children with special educational needs are educated in ordinary schools, the question cannot be answered in this form.