HC Deb 25 February 1987 vol 111 cc243-6W
Mr. Ashdown

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table showing for each local education authority in January 1986 the number of pupils at special schools and the percentage of the total school population in such schools; what information is available on the numbers of pupils at special schools with statements under the Education Act 1981; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Dunn

The number and percentage of the total school population, excluding independent schools, who are in special schools, for each local education authority in January 1986, are given in the table. The annual return of pupils in special schools does not distinguish pupils who have statements under the Education Act 1981 from other pupils.

Number of pupils in special schools1 Number of pupils2 in primary, middle, secondary & special schools Percentage
Barking 243 24,601 0.99
Barnet 437 40,668 1.07
Bexley 370 33,247 1.11
Brent 492 35,113 1.40
Bromley 478 37,924 1.26
Croydon 573 44,069 1.30
Ealing 580 38,051 1.52
Enfield 473 39,648 1.19
Haringey 381 27,123 1.40
Harrow 264 26,877 0.98
Havering 428 37,972 1.13
Hillingdon 498 34,054 1.46
Hounslow 577 32,329 1.78
Kingston Upon Thames 267 17,975 1.49
Merton 310 22,486 1.38
Newham 605 36,518 1.66
Redbridge 455 30,688 1.48
Richmond Upon Thames 172 16,712 10.3
Sutton 294 22,440 1.31
Waltham Forest 896 32,725 2.74
Birmingham 2,983 173,992 1.71
Coventry 921 50,563 1.82
Dudley 642 48,127 1.33
Sandwell 876 52,656 1.66
Solihull 386 35,320 1.09
Walsall 675 49,600 1.36
Wolverhampton 574 44,198 1.30
Knowsley 566 29,933 1.89
Liverpool 1,797 83,105 2.16
St. Helens 499 33,548 1.49
Sefton 667 47,959 1.39
Wirral 886 54,092 1.64
Bolton 584 46,225 1.26
Bury 274 27,521 1.00
Manchester 1,824 72,251 2.52
Oldham 680 39,465 1.72
Rochdale 590 36,658 1.61
Salford 844 38,767 2.18
Stockport 783 45,148 1.73
Tameside 356 36,970 0.96
Trafford 417 30,527 1.37
Wigan 780 55,249 1.41
Barnsley 331 37,920 0.87
Doncaster 994 51,717 1.92
Rotherham 629 45,610 1.38
Sheffield 1,096 79,219 1.38
Bradford 1,214 84,492 1.44
Calderdale 356 33,185 1.07
Kirklees 678 66,128 1.03
Leeds 2,016 113,267 1.78
Wakefield 771 52,168 1.48
Gateshead 541 32,400 1.67
Newcastle Upon Tyne 944 40,570 2.33
North Tyneside 557 32,105 1.73
South Tyneside 321 25,207 1.27
Sunderland 759 52,754 1.44
Isles of Scilly 0 278 0.00

Number of pupils in special schools1 Number of pupils2 in primary, middle, secondary & special schools Percentage
Inner London 7,082 285,440 2.48
Avon 2,282 136,753 1.67
Bedfordshire 1,171 85,713 1.37
Berkshire 1,864 109,534 1.70
Buckinghamshire 1,757 97,792 1.80
Cambridgeshire 1,370 97,906 1.40
Cheshire 1,794 154,866 1.16
Cleveland 1,787 105,590 1.69
Cornwall 313 69,264 0.45
Cumbria 585 76,746 0.76
Derbyshire 1,832 147,399 1.24
Devon 2,194 134,296 1.63
Dorset 1,283 81,561 1.57
Durham 1,119 97,794 1.14
East Sussex 1,813 83,550 2.17
Essex 3,335 234,760 1.42
Gloucestershire 1,389 77,000 1.80
Hampshire 4,227 221,445 1.91
Hereford and Worcestshire 1,506 99,350 1.52
Hertfordshire 2,406 156,176 1.54
Humberside 1,580 145,227 1.09
Isle of Wight 301 17,324 1.74
Kent 3,841 229,530 1.67
Lancashire 3,819 217,862 1.75
Leicestershire 1,327 142,149 0.93
Lincolnshire 1,206 86,073 1.40
Norfolk 990 105,999 0.93
North Yorkshire 1,357 102,688 1.32
Northamptonshire 1,486 95,489 1.56
Northumberland 617 49,988 1.23
Nottinghamshire 2,357 161,059 1.46
Oxfordshire 1,088 76,573 1.42

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
Barking 32 36 30
Barnet 50 116 120
Bexley 101 137 185
Brent 73 — —
Bromley 65 64 200
Croydon 180 638 247
Ealing 163 485 240
Enfield 115 104 40
Haringey 80 62 63
Harrow 226 178 123
Havering 34 73 86
Hillingdon 59 23 33
Hounslow 244 13 479
Kingston-Upon-Thames 34 318 83
Merton 91 82 32
Newham 76 69 65
Redbridge 51 91 88
Richmond-upon-Thames 32 45 64
Sutton 111 152 215
Waltham Forest 89 74 48
Inner London 876 570 1,203
Birmingham 284 307 412
Coventry 91 129 110
Dudley 125 88 112
Hampshire 563 614 626
Hereford and Worcester 120 14 25
Hertfordshire 411 2,518 692
Humberside 217 347 222
Isle of Wight 79 303 55
Kent 549 2,117 806
Lancashire 735 1,089 657
Leicestershire 421 410 202
Number of pupils in special schools1 Number of pupils2 in primary, middle, secondary & special schools Percentage
Shropshire 811 64,336 1.26
Somerset 851 64,538 1.32
Staffordshire 2,197 166,350 1.32
Suffolk 821 93,118 0.88
Surrey 2,903 129,335 2.24
Warwickshire 1,528 75,986 2.01
West Sussex 1,266 92,886 1.36
Wiltshire 856 80,855 10.6
England 110,915 7,260,414 1.53
1 This includes pupils with statements in hospital schools and all pupils (full and part time) in all other special schools.
2 Full and part-time pupils.

Number of pupils in special schools as a percentage of these pupils plus the total of pupils in maintained primary, middle and secondary schools.