§ Ms. ArmstrongTo 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 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 education treatment in January 1989 and 1990.
§ Mr. Fallon[pursuant to the reply, 17 December 1990, c. 35–38]: The information provided in the original reply was 626W incomplete. The table lists as at January 1989 the numbers of pupils belonging to each local education authority who are receiving special education treatment in non-maintained special schools and independent schools.
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Number of pupils as at January 1989 for whom LEAs are paying tuition fees and who are attending: (a) non-maintained special schools; and (b) independent schools for the purpose of receiving special educational treatment (a) (b) Barking and Dagenham 16 16 Barnet 35 62 Bexley 47 73 Brent 36 35 Bromley 31 50 Croydon 33 112 Ealing 82 128 Enfield 23 62 Haringey 21 60 Harrow 91 47 Havering 24 21 Hillingdon 56 42 Hounslow 30 59 Kingston upon Thames 11 67 Merton 25 26 Newham 11 17 Redbridge 91 53 Richmond upon Thames 7 13 Sutton 13 68 Waltham Forest 21 17 Inner London 104 159 Birmingham 21 75 Coventry 18 9 Dudley 14 22 Sandwell 20 1 Solihul 4 35 Walsall 2 9 Wolverhampton 8 22 Knowsley 17 12 Liverpool 72 8 St. Helens 69 21 Sefton 48 57 Wirral 33 109 Bolton 58 8 Bury 60 3 Manchester 108 20 Oldham 24 0 Rochdale 26 20 Salford 11 8 Stockport 78 63 Tameside 12 17 Trafford 45 2 Wigan 81 16 Barnsley 18 0 Doncaster 41 15 Rotherham 113 0 Sheffield 2 7 Bradford 12 9 Calderdale 15 20 Kirklees 51 16 Leeds 11 8 Wakefield 59 35 Gateshead 31 10 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 38 17 North Tyneside 37 33 South Tyneside 26 0 Sunderland 41 10 Isles of Scilly 0 0 Avon 122 120 Bedfordshire 55 78 Berkshire 188 127 Buckinghamshire 55 81 Cambridgeshire 9 61 Cheshire 242 76 Cleveland 40 40 Cornwall 29 60 Cumbria 54 80 Derbyshire 85 55 Devon 184 191
(a) (b) Dorset 171 36 Durham 70 21 East Sussex 140 120 Essex 188 315 Gloucestershire 70 30 Hampshire 367 454 Hereford and Worcester 51 71 Hertfordshire 80 218 Humberside 68 42 Isle of Wight 37 2 Kent 301 346 Lancashire 260 306 Leicestershire 29 46 Lincolnshire 32 107 Norfolk 20 107 North Yorkshire 54 90 Northamptonshire 38 64 Northumberland 41 17 Nottinghamshire 66 128 Oxfordshire 38 44 Shropshire 34 39 Somerset 71 55 Staffordshire 29 46 Suffolk 88 122 Surrey 146 144 Warwickshire 31 98 West Sussex 137 114 Wiltshire 115 173 Figures as returned to the Department by each LEA on Form 8b.