§ Mr. Ashdownasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table showing for each local education authority and each year since 1981 the numbers of statements made under the Education Act 1981.
§ Mr. DunnThe information in the following table is based on returns submitted annually by local education authorities in England since the Education Act 1981 came fully into force on 1 April 1983. Figures from the returns made in January 1987 are not yet available.
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Local Education Authority Assessments and placements during 19831 Statements made for the first time during the calendar year 1984 Statements made for the first time during the calendar year 1985 Lincolnshire 234 244 329 Norfolk 113 230 361 North Yorkshire 143 248 319 Northamptonshire 242 380 209 Northumberland 63 91 176 Nottinghamshire 193 266 264 Oxfordshire 146 120 112 Shropshire 126 76 185 Sandwell 111 167 168 Solihull 55 88 47 Walsall 50 808 91 Wolverhampton 56 76 123 Knowsley 189 226 112 Liverpool 190 141 184 St. Helens 65 65 107 Sefton 77 63 126 Wirral 214 150 287 Bolton 37 70 50 Bury 55 97 94 Manchester 78 244 68 Oldham 84 97 96 Rochdale 125 605 146 Salford 123 102 83 Stockport 60 106 145 Tameside 71 89 91 Trafford 63 237 173 Wigan 151 86 71 Barnsley 12 74 60 Doncaster 173 14 128 Rotherham 98 164 170 Sheffield 166 164 148 Bradford 46 83 146 Calderdale 44 53 29 Kirklees 114 80 199 Leeds 251 942 672 Wakefield 112 126 99 Gateshead 31 68 75 Newcastle upon Tyne 73 101 102 North Tyneside 48 94 90 South Tyneside 31 49 104 Sunderland 103 554 110 Isles of Scilly 1 — — Avon 559 503 359 Bedfordshire 97 155 100 Berkshire 149 360 258 Buckinghamshire 273 350 418 Cambridgeshire 178 227 245 Cheshire 379 380 587 Cleveland 153 360 283 Cornwall 39 958 259 Cumbria 211 816 75 Derbyshire 252 385 558 Devon 323 410 497 Dorset 156 271 346 Durham 149 149 252 East Sussex 204 167 246 Essex 1,257 733 930 Gloucestershire 180 — 224 Somerset 138 103 180 Staffordshire 262 64 601 Suffolk 141 280 313 Surrey 580 417 579 Warwickshire 155 1,007 272 West Sussex 67 235 223 Wiltshire 268 310 381 England 16,964 28,227 22,098 1 1983 was a transitional year. The figures in this column include pupils newly assessed under the Education Act 1944 as needing special educational treatment, plus those assessed under the 1981 Education Act as having special educational needs.