§ Mr. Maxwell-HyslopTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will publish a table showing, for local education authorities in England in each of the last three years for which records exist(a) how many children and what proportion of children of school age have been statemented as having special educational needs and (b) what extra resources in terms of teacher-hours per statemented pupil per year have been made available by each local education authority in England, respectively.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthInformation on teacher resources in special education is not available centrally. Information on numbers of pupils with statements will be provided as soon as possible.