HC Deb 17 December 1990 vol 183 cc29-38W
Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the number of pupils belonging to other local education authorities attending special schools maintained by each local education authority in January 1989 and 1990.

Mr. Alan Howarth

The information requested is set out in the table.

The number of pupils belonging to other local education authorities attending special schools maintained by each local education authority as recorded on returns made to the Department of Education
January 1989 January 1990
City of London 0 0
Camden 331 223
Greenwich 188 170
Hackney 189 198
Hammersmith 285 271
Islington 110 101
Kensington 89 94
Lambeth 372 352
Lewisham 117 115
Southwark 212 175
Tower Hamlets 63 61
Wandsworth 361 360
Westminster 110 100
Barking 6 10

January 1989 January 1990
Barnet 69 59
Bexley 10 14
Brent 44 35
Bromley 46 50
Croydon 25 27
Ealing 26 15
Enfield 45 46
Haringey 61 48
Harrow 15 13
Havering 9 8
Hillingdon 8 3
Hounslow 27 36
Kingston 51 31
Merton 9 8
Newham 22 18
Redbridge 31 28
Richmond 16 18
Sutton 42 33
Waltham Forest 277 363
Birmingham 184 162
Coventry 45 42
Dudley 7 8
Sandwell 20 20
Solihull 12 6
Walsall 32 25
Wolverhampton 37 34
Knowsley 40 41
Liverpool 97 66
St. Helens 37 14
Sefton 34 31
Wirral 9 7
Bolton 35 34
Bury 14 22
Manchester 199 176
Oldham 99 105
Rochdale 14 19
Salford 111 97
Stockport 6 6
Tameside 17 11
Trafford 11 14
Wigan 52 59
Barnsley 22 2
Doncaster 6 5
Rotherham 8 9
Sheffield 101 76
Bradford 60 70
Calderdale 3 3
Kirklees 14 39
Leeds 64 51
Wakefield 14 13
Gateshead 38 25
Newcastle 66 91
North Tyne 8 10
South Tyne 2 3
Sunderland 29 33
Avon 47 39
Bedfordshire 4 1
Berkshire 66 70
Bucks 31 31
Cambridge 27 51
Cheshire 44 41
Cleveland 45 35
Cornwall 7 2
Cumbria 4 0
Derbyshire 32 34
Devon 30 29
Dorset 69 50
Durham 29 29
East Sussex 45 43
Essex 52 37
Gloucester 23 10

January 1989 January 1990
Hampshire 47 81
Hereford 56 60
Hertfordshire 139 142
Humberside 31 19
Isle of Wight 4 2
Kent 75 45
Lancashire 43 41
Leicester 6 5
Lincolnshire 38 37
Norfolk 25 25
North Yorks 42 38
Northants 13 6
Northumberland 33 28
Notts 46 30
Oxfordshire 45 45
Shropshire 11 8
Somerset 18 5
Staffordshire 34 19

Number of pupils with statements of special educational needs January 1989
Pupils with statements in
Primary schools Middle schools Secondary schools Special schools1
Barking 48 0 29 195
Barnet 106 0 53 366
Bexley 160 0 125 279
Brent 46 0 46 366
Bromley 307 0 124 413
Croydon 202 0 153 507
Ealing 53 55 30 496
Enfield 31 0 13 436
Haringey 23 0 18 335
Harrow 73 33 56 258
Havering 124 0 63 299
Hillingdon 51 0 33 369
Hounslow 185 0 108 487
Kingston upon Thames 36 0 40 258
Merton 45 29 10 257
Newham 111 0 67 494
Redbridge 36 0 23 400
Richmond upon Thames 68 0 37 179
Sutton 69 0 27 309
Waltham Forest 53 0 81 730
Inner London 1,389 0 747 6,432
Birmingham 344 15 382 2,929
Coventry 85 0 86 907
Dudley 161 2 74 557
Sandwell 44 0 51 899
Solihull 127 0 89 264
Walsall 102 0 56 594
Wolverhampton 173 0 94 494
Knowsley 41 0 59 638
Liverpool 97 0 36 1,709
St. Helens 56 0 48 469
Sefton 146 0 87 466
Wirral 259 0 147 830
Bolton 63 0 61 464
Bury 203 0 127 275
Manchester 41 0 77 1,813
Oldham 133 0 81 599
Rochdale 92 18 78 536
Salford 44 0 20 747
Stockport 292 0 168 368
Tameside 213 0 34 415
Trafford 146 0 111 415
Wigan 111 0 44 740
Barnsley 108 4 42 227
Doncaster 64 31 28 731
Rotherham 139 0 41 603
Sheffield 206 82 233 909

January 1989 January 1990
Suffolk 32 28
Surrey 145 144
Warwickshire 166 152
West Sussex 45 43
Wiltshire 11 3

Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the number of pupils in each local education authority in England with statements of special educational need in(a) maintained primary schools, (b) maintained middle schools, (c) maintained secondary schools and (d) maintained special schools, in January 1989 and 1990.

Mr. Alan Howarth

Data for 1990 are not yet available. Information for 1989 is given in the following table.

Pupils with statements in
Primary schools Middle schools Secondary schools Special schools1
Bradford 81 69 88 1,040
Calderdale 86 0 44 262
Kirklees 331 37 166 649
Leeds 528 338 399 1,260
Wakefield 85 22 31 667
Gateshead 41 0 40 443
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 149 25 145 619
North Tyneside 85 29 66 415
South Tyneside 83 0 59 319
Sunderland 131 0 71 633
Isle of Scilly 0 0 0 0
Avon 937 0 1,049 2,122
Bedfordshire 186 87 97 1,148
Berkshire 338 29 110 1,486
Buckinghamshire 291 266 397 1,545
Cambridgeshire 442 2 319 1,063
Cheshire 1,083 0 948 1,478
Cleveland 270 0 412 1,652
Cornwall 706 0 525 321
Cumbria 485 0 456 469
Derbyshire 878 0 1,037 1,492
Devon 808 72 793 1,705
Dorset 164 123 268 1,174
Durham 279 0 165 1,035
East Sussex 50 0 45 1,377
Essex 809 0 785 2,620
Gloucestershire 83 0 85 1,226
Hampshire 488 152 552 3,850
Hereford and Worcester 98 8 35 1,314
Hertfordshire 760 46 508 1,985
Humberside 383 18 305 1,356
Isle of Wight 36 26 27 286
Kent 665 16 345 3,391
Lancashire 657 0 554 3,247
Leicestershire 485 52 268 1,193
Lincolnshire 337 0 379 1,191
Norforlk 407 263 475 890
North Yorkshire 495 0 272 1,084
Northamptonshire 243 52 169 1,215
Northumberland 134 98 46 558
Nottinghamshire 50 2 55 2,342
Oxfordshire 42 0 61 837
Shropshire 335 16 505 660
Somerset 467 98 450 602
Staffordshire 381 23 186 1,982
Suffolk 584 295 443 766
Surrey 527 319 272 1,862
Warwickshire 126 39 75 1,434
West Sussex 122 48 111 1,187
Wiltshire 671 64 721 745
England 24,608 3,003 19,651 95,660
1 All pupils in special schools are assumed to have statements.

Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the number of pupils belonging to each London education authority attending special schools maintained by other local education authorities in January 1989 and 1990.

Mr. Alan Howarth

The information requested is set out in the table.

The number of pupils belonging to London education authorities attending special schools maintained by other local education authorities as recorded on returns made to the Department of Education
January 1989 January 1990
City of London 6 5
Camden 125 123
Greenwich 119 115
Hackney 222 213
Hammersmith 103 100
Islington 167 149
Kensington 208 196
Lambeth 273 240

January 1989 January 1990
Lewisham 195 194
Southwark 237 236
Tower Hamlets 114 111
Wandsworth 206 181
Westminster 161 151
Barking 32 31
Barnet 77 89
Bexley 81 75
Brent 76 74
Bromley 34 25
Croydon 56 55
Ealing 71 74
Enfield 117 101
Haringey 92 91
Harrow 52 46
Havering 47 47
Hillingdon 43 42
Hounslow 25 26
Kingston 18 17
Merton 78 64
Newham 59 61
Redbridge 61 74
Richmond 36 35
Sutton 52 49
Waltham Forest 23 19

Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list those local education authorities who have(a) developed most or all of their special needs budget to schools in the local management of schools policy and (b) retained most of their special needs budget centrally.

Mr. Fallon

Of the 87 local education authorities operating statutory schemes for the local management of schools in the current financial year the following 10 have delegated to school level some or all resources for pupils with statements of special educational needs attending ordinary schools and special units:

  • Bexley
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Bury
  • Derbyshire
  • Hampshire
  • Hounslow
  • Leeds
  • Redbridge
  • Sefton
  • Staffordshire

The other 77 local education authorities have retained resources for such pupils centrally as an excepted item.

Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what was the number of pupils with statements of special educational need in non-maintained special schools and independent schools under the arrangements of each local education authority in January 1989 and 1990;

(2) how many pupils belonging to each local education authority attended non-maintained special schools and independent schools for the purposes of special educational treatment in January 1989 and 1990.

Mr. Alan Howarth

Data for 1990 are not yet available. The information requested for 1989 is given in the following tables.

Number of pupils with statements of special educational needs in independent schools and non-maintained special schools January 1989
Local education authority Non-maintained special1 Independent schools
Barking 0 0
Barnet 0 5
Bexley 0 0
Brent 0 0
Bromley 40 2
Croydon 0 10
Ealing 0 40
Enfield 0 1
Haringey 0 1
Harrow 0 9
Havering 0 0
Hillingdon 98 0
Hounslow 0 0
Kingston upon Thames 0 0
Merton 0 0
Newham 0 0
Redbridge 21 78
Richmond upon Thames 0 0
Sutton 0 68
Waltham Forest 0 1
Inner London 0 28
Birmingham 64 12
Coventry 0 0
Dudley 0 2
Sandwell 0 0
Solihull 0 1
Walsall
Wolverhampton 0 0
Knowsley 0 0
Liverpool 153 0
St. Helens 0 20
Sefton 183 95
Wirral 118 1
Bolton 40 0
Bury 0 0
Manchester 0 0
Oldham 0 0
Rochdale 0 0
Salford 0 0
Stockport 345 16
Tameside 0 0
Trafford 0 0
Wigan 0 0
Barnsley 0 0
Doncaster 337 125
Rotherham 0 31
Sheffield 0 0
Bradford 0 1
Calderdale 91 27
Kirklees 39 0
Leeds 208 21
Wakefield 0 0
Gateshead 0 0
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 141 6
North Tyneside 133 0
South Tyneside 0 0
Sunderland 0 52
Isles of Scilly 0 0
Avon 0 204
Bedfordshire 0 2
Berkshire 231 48
Buckinghamshire 0 50
Cambridgeshire 0 101
Cheshire 178 3

Local education authority Non-maintained special1 Independent schools
Cleveland 0 2
Cornwall 0 37
Cumbria 0 324
Derbyshire 147 255
Devon 340 500
Dorset 92 163
Durham 0 1
East Sussex 440 465
Essex 187 95
Gloucestershire 83 138
Hampshire 283 401
Hereford and Worcester 166 228
Hertfordshire 62 87
Humberside 0 0
Isle of Wight 48 0
Kent 483 181
Lancashire 221 16
Leicestershire 0 60
Lincolnshire 0 60
Norfolk 0 196
North Yorkshire 183 46
Northamptonshire 36 63
Northumberland 0 45
Nottinghamshire 80 57

Number of full-time pupils in maintained schools by local education authority January 1989
Primary schools Middle schools Secondary schools Special schools
Barking 12,988 0 8,805 186
Barnet 20,473 0 17,575 366
Bexley 16,298 0 14,400 276
Brent 19,464 0 10,891 364
Bromley 18,888 0 15,506 412
Croydon 23,868 0 16,349 503
Ealing 23,792 6,791 11,067 491
Enfield 20,035 0 15,940 436
Haringey 15,037 0 8,358 334
Harrow 17,135 5,121 7,797 255
Havering 18,039 0 16,268 292
Hillingdon 16,161 0 13,000 365
Hounslow 16,258 0 12,102 487
Kingston upon Thames 8,456 0 7,193 257
Merton 7,755 5,425 11,111 251
Newham 18,514 0 13,062 484
Redbridge 16,137 0 13,150 390
Richmond upon Thames 8,464 0 6,756 178
Sutton 10,648 0 10,471 297
Waltham Forest 16,174 0 11,602 707
Inner London Boroughs
City 547 0 0 0
Camden 9,185 0 9,788 555
Greenwich 17,587 0 13,483 742
Hackney 13,947 0 7,544 665
Hammersmith 7,932 0 6,433 493
Islington 12,809 0 6,914 347
Kensington & Chelsea 5,793 0 3,679 95
Lambeth 16,493 0 6,228 952
Lewisham 16,865 0 11,248 474
Southwark 18,128 0 9,297 592
Tower Hamlets 15,321 0 10,554 443
Wandsworth 14,738 0 10,341 819
Westminster 7,897 0 6,865 224
Total Inner London 157,242 0 102,374 6,401
Birmingham 96,385 3,243 64,728 2,916
Coventry 25,997 0 18,865 904
Dudley 26,031 750 16,880 556
Sandwell 25,816 0 19,216 889
Solihull 16,896 0 14,432 263

Local education authority Non-maintained special1 Independent schools
Oxfordshire 154 45
Shropshire 91 229
Somerset 64 239
Staffordshire 0 140
Suffolk 0 119
Surrey 656 68
Warwickshire 0 0
West Sussex 102 258
Wiltshire 66 18
ENGLAND 6,404 5,597
1 All pupils in special schools are assumed to have statements.

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