HC Deb 17 February 1988 vol 127 cc602-3W
Mr. Thurnham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will provide the latest available figures of the number of children with statements under the Education Act 1981 in each local authority in England, Scotland and Wales.

Mr. Dunn

The number of pupils with statements of special educational need attending maintained primary, middle and secondary schools and special schools in each local education authority in England in January 1987 is given in the table. Information on the number of pupils with statements of special educational need in Scotland and Wales is the responsibility of my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and for Wales.

Pupils with statements in each LEA1 January 1987
Pupils
Barking 272
Barnet 531
Bexley 525
Brent 492
Bromley 761
Croydon 835
Ealing 597
Enfield 503
Haringey 431
Harrow 396
Havering 484
Hillingdon 558
Hounslow 721
Kingston upon Thames 324
Merton 316
Newham 680
Redbridge 499
Richmond upon Thames 237
Sutton 394
Waltham Forest 893
Inner London 8,386
Birmingham 3,673
Coventry 1,052
Dudley 694
Sandwell 1,022
Solihull 410
Walsall 760
Wolverhampton 736
Knowsley 654
Liverpool 1,974
St. Helens 557
Sefton 803
Wirral 1,170
Bolton 632
Bury 432
Manchester 2,024
Oldham 735
Rochdale 713
Salford 940
Stockport 1,024
Tameside 585
Trafford 673

Pupils
Wigan 838
Barnsley 426
Doncaster 1,035
Rotherham 770
Sheffield 1,427
Bradford 1,388
Calderdale 411
Kirklees 1,003
Leeds 2,526
Wakefield 816
Gateshead 588
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1,036
North Tyneside 659
South Tyneside 402
Sunderland 882
Isles of Scilly 0
Avon 4,450
Bedfordshire 1,298
Berkshire 2,186
Buckinghamshire 2,459
Cambridgeshire 1,753
Cheshire 3,476
Cleveland 2,287
Cornwall 1,173
Cumbria 1,306
Derbyshire 3,135
Devon 3,107
Dorset 1,777
Durham 1,381
East Sussex 1,964
Essex 4,371
Gloucestershire 1,409
Hampshire 4,836
Hereford and Worcester 1,880
Hertfordshire 3,294
Humberside 2,129
Isle of Wight 352
Kent 4,882
Lancashire 4,207
Leicestershire 1,734
Lincolnshire 1,736
Norfolk 1,729
North Yorkshire 1,726
Northamptonshire 1,856
Northumberland 774
Nottinghamshire 2,597
Oxfordshire 1,040
Shropshire 1,353
Somerset 1,398
Staffordshire 2,576
Suffolk 1,708
Surrey 3,361
Warwickshire 1,633
West Sussex 1,522
Wiltshire 1,852
England 141,962
1 Excludes independent schools and nursery schools.