§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the number of local education authority areas in which there is a physiotherapy service available in schools, including special schools, to answer the needs of handicapped pupils.
§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what steps are being taken to ensure that all the technical, polytechnical and further education colleges in Wales are fully accessible for students in wheelchairs.
§ Mr. GristIt is the responsibility of education authorities and others providing educational buildings to make provision for disabled students. For new buildings, education authorities must observe the minimum requirements of the Department of Education and Science 201W design note No. 18 (1984) "Access for disabled people to Educational Buildings" which cover the question of wheelchair access.
§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many handicapped pupils were registered in January 1987 with local education authorities in Wales as having a need for special education and have that need satisfied at special schools outside Wales.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsIn January 1987 local authorities in Wales recorded 13,163 pupils for whom they were or will be maintaining a statement of special educational needs. Information is not available on the number of statemented pupils receiving special education at special schools outside Wales, but in January 1987 a total of 458 statemented pupils were receiving special education in a Welsh or English local authority other than their own.
Dale of Issue Reference Title 29 November 1977 WO 185/77 Local education authority arrangements for the school curriculum 1 12 December 1978 WO 153/78 Co-ordination of services for children under five 15 August 1980 WO 31/80 Grants for Welsh language education 1980–81 5 January 1981 WO 3/81 Grants for Welsh language education 1981–82 10 August 1981 WO 38/81 Grants for Welsh language education 1982–83 1 October 1981 WO 44/81 "The School Curriculum" and "Welsh in Schools" 29 June 1982 WO 28/82 Grants for Welsh language education 1983–84 24 June 1983 WO 37/83 Grants for Welsh language education 1984–85 8 December 1983 WO 59/83 "The School Curriculum" and "Welsh in Schools" 2 12 June 1984 WO 31/84 Education Act 1980: Section 21 Grants for Welsh language education 1985–86 4 June 1985 WO 30/85 Education Act 1980: Section 21 Grants for Welsh language education 1986–87 18 June 1986 WO 29/86 Education Act 1980: Section 21 Grants for Welsh language education 1987–88 24 June 1987 WO 34/87 Education Act 1980: Section 21 Grants for Welsh language education 1988–89 Notes:
1. Responses to Section G (Welsh language) of this circular are summarized in "Local Authority arrangements for the School curriculum" (Welsh Office, 1979)
2. Responses to this circular are summarised in "Local Authority reviews of the school curriculum in Wales" (Welsh Office, June 1986).
§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales in how many secondary schools in Wales it is now possible for pupils to undertake most or all of their education through the medium of the Welsh language; and how many pupils currently receive all or a large part of their secondary education through the medium of the Welsh language.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe latest available information for maintained secondary schools relates to September 1987 and is given in the table:
Number of subjects taught through the medium of Welsh Number of schools Number of pupils on roll 16 or more subjects 25 17,634 11 to 15 subjects 13 7,628 6 to 10 subjects 2 1,563 1 to 5 subjects 13 10,043