HC Deb 09 December 1985 vol 88 c447W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing the number of disabled children receiving education in special schools in Wales in 1980–81 and the corresponding number for the current academic year.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

The number of full-time and part-time pupils at special schools in Wales totalled 4,759 in January 1981. Figures for the current academic year are not yet available. The latest available figures indicate that the number attending special schools in January 1985 totalled 4,216.