HC Deb 23 January 1990 vol 165 c598W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many complaints he has received in each of the years 1985 to 1989 that a local education authority was in breach of its duty to identify and assess a child with special educational needs, as laid down in sections 4 and 5 of the Education Act 1981; on how many of these occasions he has used his default powers under sections 68 and 99 of the Education Act 1944; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Alan Howarth

This information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.