HC Deb 12 December 1988 vol 143 cc437-8W
Mrs. Margaret Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in theOfficial Report the total number of pupils in special schools who are neither ascertained nor recorded, giving the breakdown by region and by division.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The numbers of these pupils in special schools and departments at September 1987 are set out in the table.

Number
Borders 30
Central 0
Dumfries/Galloway 50
Fife 190
Grampian 190
Highland 20
Lothian 960
Strathclyde 780
Tayside 90
Orkney
Shetland
Western Isles
Number
ALL SCOTLAND 2,320
Argyll and Bute 20
Ayr 100
Dunbarton 110
Glasgow (City) 290
Lanark 150
Renfrew 110

Mrs. Margaret Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in theOfficial Report the total number of ascertained or recorded students in primary schools and secondary schools with significant special educational needs arising from (a)severe/profound hearing impairment, (b) pronounced visual impairment, (c) severe physical impairment, (d) severe pervasive communication difficulties, (e) social and emotional difficulties and (f) moderate, severe or profound learning difficulties; and if he will give the breakdown by region and by division.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Information on the range of impairments of pupils in primary and secondary schools was collected for the first time in the 1988 school census and I will write to the hon. Member early next year when it has been collated.