§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo 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.
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§ Mr. Michael ForsythInformation 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.