§ Mr. AshleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if his Department has yet completed the analysis of the questionnaire on the numbers of deaf-blind children in each local education authority, following the issue of a consultative document in December 1986; and if he has arranged a date to meet representatives of SENSE to discuss the resulting figures.
§ Mr. DunnThe analysis of responses to the questionnaire which accompanied the Department's consultative document is not yet complete. Most local education authorities were unable to meet the original deadline for replies. Officials of the Department will arrange to meet representatives of SENSE as soon as work on the analysis is complete and before the final version of a statement on the educational needs of deaf-blind children is issued.