§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of the schools in Wales have been modified or adapted since the passing of the Education Act 1981 in order to assist handicapped pupils.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThis information is not collected by the Department.
Numbers* At Primary and Secondary schools‡ At Special schools║ Total Total numbers as a percentage of all pupils in maintained primary, secondary and special schools† Clwyd 315 910 1,225 1.7 Dyfed 41 443 484 0.9 Gwent 933 732 1,665 2.2 Gwynedd 591 345 936 2.3 Mid Glamorgan 2,762 1,144 3,906 4.0 Powys 62 165 227 1.2 South Glamorgan 494 667 1,161 1.8 West Glamorgan 1,497 455 1,952 3.1 * Numbers relate to children for whom the authorities are maintaining or will be maintaining a statement and who receive special education at schools within or outside the Authority. † Numbers expressed as a percentage of all pupils educated at schools within the Authority. ‡ Including children awaiting placements in special schools. ║ Including special units.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the number of children whose education is governed by statements under the provision of the Education Act 1981 as a proportion of the total school population of each local education authority in Wales.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe latest information relating to January 1985, is listed in the following table:
Children subject to statements receiving special education Numbers* Numbers as a percentage of all pupils in all schools Numbers† Clwyd 1,289 1.8 Dyfed 497 0.9 Gwent 1,722 2.2 Gwynedd 969 2.3 Mid Glamorgan 3,988 4.0 Powys 232 1.2 South Glamorgan 1,170 1.7 West Glamorgan 1,968 3.1 * Numbers relate to children for whom the authorities are maintaining or will be maintaining a statement and who received special education at maintained or independent schools within or outside the authority, or at home. † The numbers include those awaiting placement in special schools.