HC Deb 29 April 1991 vol 190 cc63-4W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the number of places in special schools in each local authority in London by category(a) as at 1 April 1990 and (b) as at 1 April 1991.

Mr. Fallon

Information on the number of special school places is not available centrally. The number of pupils in maintained special schools within the London boroughs is given in the table. These figures reflect the position as at January 1990, the latest date for which information is available.

Number of pupils in special schools by LEA for Inner and Outer London boroughs
Maintained special schools Number of pupils
201 City
202 Camden 421
203 Greenwich 732
204 Hackney 663
205 Hammersmith and Fulham 481
206 Islington 333
207 Kensington and Chelsea 98
208 Lambeth 956
209 Lewisham 505
210 Southwark 578
211 Tower Hamlets 484
212 Wandsworth 740
213 Westminster 219

Maintained special schools Number of pupils
Inner London boroughs 6,210
301 Barking 186
302 Barnet 343
303 Bexley 268
304 Brent 369
305 Bromley 384
306 Croydon 479
307 Ealing 439
308 Enfleld 416
309 Haringey 326
310 Harrow 244
311 Havering 257
312 Hillingdon 377
313 Hounslow 495
314 Kingston upon Thames 251
315 Merton 240
316 Newham 471
317 Redbridge 405
318 Richmond upon Thames 177
319 Sutton 285
320 Waltham Forest 734
Outer London boroughs 7,146
Greater London 13,356