Special Education (Hansard, 22 April 1991)

§ Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will list for each of the years from 1984 to 1990 the number of special classes or units in(a) primary schools in each local education authority and express this as a proportion of all primary schools in the local education authority and (b) secondary schools in each local education authority and express this as a proportion of all secondary schools in the local education authority;

(2) if he will list for each of the years from 1984 to 1990 the number of pupils with statements on the register of special classes in each local education authority (a) spending at least 70 per cent. of their time there and (b) spending less than 70 per cent. of their time in special classes, and express these figures as percentages of children registered in special classes in the local education authority;

(3) if he will detail for each year from 1984 to 1990 the number of children in each local education authority in England newly receiving special educational provision under a statement in ordinary schools and express this (a) as a percentage of all new statements made by the local education authority in that year and (b) as a percentage of all current statements maintained by the local education authority;

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(4) if he will detail for each of the years from 1984 to 1990 the number of children under the age of five years with a statement of special educational need in each local education authority in England and express this as a percentage of all children of pre-school age in the local education authority;

(5) if he will detail for each local education authority in England the number of pupils with statements of special educational need recorded as attending maintained and non-maintained special schools and express this (a) as a percentage of all school children in the local education authority and (b) as a percentage of children with a statement in the local education authority, for each of the years from 1983 to 1989;

(6) if he will list for each year from 1984 to 1990 the number of children with statements of special educational needs newly placed in special or independent schools by each local education authority in England and express this as a proportion of the total number of new statements made by each local education authority;

(7) if he will list for each year from 1984 to 1990 the number of children in each local education authority in England transferred from special schools to mainstream schools and express this (a) as a proportion of the special school population in each local education authority and (b) as a proportion of children with statements in the local education authority;

(8) if he will detail for each of the years from 1984 to 1990 the number of children with statements on the register of ordinary classes in each local education authority in England and express this (a) as a percentage of all children with statements in the local education authority and (b) as a percentage of all pupils in the local education authority;

(9) if he will list for each year from 1984 to 1990 the number of children in each local education authority in England awaiting the provision specified in their statement and express this (a) as a percentage of all new statements made in that year by the local education authority and (b) as a percentage of all statements maintained by the local education authority.