HC Deb 11 July 1988 vol 137 cc19-20W
Mr. Tom Clarke

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in theOfficial Report showing, for each year from 1979 until the latest year for which figures are available, the total number of children with special educational needs who (a) left education, (b) took further education or training, or (c) followed other careers, after the age of 16 years.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Information is not available in precisely the form requested. Available data are given in the tables. Table A shows the numbers of leavers from special schools/departments in Scotland for each session from 1978–79 to 1986–87. Information on the post-school destination of such leavers, which has only been collected since 1984–85, is presented in table B.

Table A
Year
1978–79 1,625
1979–80 1,585
1980–81 1,444
1981–82 1,303
1982–83 1,332
1983–84 1,378
1984–85 1,227
1985–86 1,187
1986–87 1,398

Table B
Destination 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87
Open employment 58 78 103
MSC provision 188 177 255
Adult training centre 235 199 225
Further education centre 254 313 296
Other work or education 47 44 49
Neither in work nor education 210 162 205
Destination not known 235 214 265
All leavers 1,227 1,187 1,398

Notes:

(1) Data for 1986–87 include 215 leavers from independent special schools; the data for the earlier years cover education authority and grant-aided special schools only.

(2) A small but increasing number of children with special educational needs are taught in mainstream secondary schools. The numbers of leavers of this type are not known.

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