HC Deb 19 February 1992 vol 204 cc170-6W
Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how many pupils in each local education authority are recorded on form SEN 2 as having statements of special educational need and attending maintained special schools;

(2) how many pupils in each local education authority are recorded on form SEN 2 as having special educational needs and are attending maintained primary, middle and secondary schools;

(3) how many pupils in each local education authority are recorded on form SEN 2 as having special educational needs and are attending non-maintained and independent special schools under arrangements made by the local education authority.

Mr. Fallon

Form SEN2 for 1991 asked LEAs to record information on the placements arranged for children for whom statements of special educational needs were newly made in 1990. Details as submitted by LEAs in respect of the placements made for these children at maintained special schools, ordinary schools, non-maintained special schools and independent schools are given in the table.

Placements made for children with statements newly made in 1990
Maintained Non-maintained
ordinary schools special schools special schools independent schools
Inner London Boroughs
City 0 0 0 0
Camden 47 56 10 0
Greenwich 103 111 3 0
Hackney 49 83 11 0
Hammersmith 19 30 0 2
Islington 27 61 0 0
Kensington 16 27 4 1
Lambeth 112 133 0 5
Lewisham 13 28 2 0
Southwark 56 69 2 0
Tower Hamlets 17 31 2 0
Wandsworth 34 23 1 12
Westminster 42 52 0 12
Outer London Boroughs
Barking 49 14 1 1
Barnet 29 48 5 1
Bexley 115 66 2 19
Brent 15 20 0 2
Bromley 81 35 2 7
Croydon 46 55 1 17
Ealing 17 59 13 25
Enfield 9 6 1 3
Haringey 34 28 2 8
Harrow 59 11 0 4
Havering 81 18 4 3
Hillingdon 30 28 4 11
Hounslow 175 56 0 4
Kingston-upon-Thames 40 25 0 3
Merton 49 37 0 2
Newham 55 43 0 1
Redbridge 28 46 5 3
Richmond-upon-Thames 53 14 0 1
Sutton 62 28 1 2
Waltham Forest 47 49 0 1
West Midlands
Birmingham 34 259 0 11
Coventry 15 133 0 1
Dudley 42 8 1 4
Sandwell 6 45 0 0
Solihull 26 93 0 0
Walsall 89 59 1 3
Wolverhampton 78 33 0 0
Merseyside
Knowsley 57 124 4 6
Liverpool 68 501 17 4
St. Helens 75 48 11 2
Sefton 70 74 2 20
Wirral 47 76 3 7
Greater Manchester
Bolton 43 60 5 0
Bury 105 29 7 0
Manchester 14 84 8 6
Oldham 158 47 0 4
Rochdale 68 87 0 2
Salford 40 19 1 1
Stockport 199 44 0 1
Tameside 62 43 0 1
Trafford 65 56 2 1
Wigan 47 253 3 0
South Yorkshire
Barnsley 83 9 3 0
Doncaster 55 90 11 6
Rotherham 120 113 31 0
Sheffield 3 122 0 0
West Yorkshire
Bradford 38 36 1 0
Calderdale 43 1 1 0
Kirklees 171 63 1 0

Maintained Non-maintained
ordinary schools special schools special schools independent schools
Leeds 249 65 0 3
Wakefield 23 47 2 6
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 48 34 0 2
Newcastle upon Tyne 38 58 4 2
North Tyneside 97 54 1 13
South Tyneside 39 31 2 2
Sunderland 62 74 3 0
English counties
Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0
Avon 77 241 3 12
Bedfordshire 117 135 5 7
Berkshire 246 245 4 2
Buckinghamshire 403 202 23 16
Cambridgeshire 62 48 1 0
Cheshire 428 112 5 6
Cleveland 156 173 2 6
Cornwall 241 2 0 2
Cumbria 292 21 1 1
Derbyshire 646 78 0 8
Devon 569 188 12 19
Dorset 111 134 20 9
Durham 67 66 12 2
East Sussex 48 149 21 19
Essex 263 263 8 20
Gloucestershire 141 125 3 8
Hampshire 589 379 41 13
Hereford and Worcester 149 194 7 11
Hertfordshire 181 341 8 44
Humberside 89 97 5 5
Isle of Wight 25 19 2 0
Kent 413 440 27 46
Lancashire 640 305 39 66
Leicestershire 271 175 4 4
Lincolnshire 417 216 16 16
Norfolk 400 83 5 11
North Yorkshire 221 75 8 6
Northamptonshire 91 121 0 4
Northumberland 153 3 3 2
Nottinghamshire 45 157 0 6
Oxfordshire 47 83 4 3
Shropshire 366 59 1 1
Somerset 89 52 12 16
Staffordshire 196 326 2 5
Suffolk 344 58 5 4
Surrey 203 189 29 5
Warwickshire 85 145 6 9
West Sussex 63 159 25 18
Wiltshire 536 63 7 37

Note. Figures are provisional.

Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many pupils in each local education authority attend non-maintained and independent schools for the purposes of special educational treatment.

Mr. Fallon

The table sets out the number of pupils in each authority who were attending non-maintained and independent schools in Janaury 1991 for the purposes of special educational treatment.

Number1 of pupils2 at non-maintained special schools Number1 of pupils2 at independent schools receiving special educational treatment
City 0 0
Camden 31 2
Greenwich 2 33

Number1 of pupils2 at non-maintained special schools Number1 of pupils2 at independent schools receiving special educational treatment
Hackney 10 29
Hammersmith 20 11
Islington 9 17
Kensington 10 6
Lambeth 37 0
Lewisham 15 22
Southwark 4 28
Tower Hamlets 0 0
Wandsworth 13 43
Westminster 4 31
Barking 16 9
Barnet 45 59
Bexley 44 63
Brent 32 47
Bromley 46 44

Number1 of pupils2 at non-maintained special schools Number1 of pupils2 at independent schools receiving special educational treatment
Croydon 37 139
Ealing 81 104
Enfield 22 47
Haringey 19 49
Harrow 61 6
Havering 36 26
Hillingdon 34 71
Hounslow 25 43
Kingston-upon-Thames 15 66
Merton 12 32
Newham 22 16
Redbridge 68 35
Richmond-upon-Thames 4 22
Sutton 14 51
Waltham Forest 14 8
Birmingham 25 70
Coventry 14 13
Dudley 12 29
Sandwell 19 10
Solihull 2 30
Walsall 9 10
Wolverhampton 6 25
Knowsley 17 12
Liverpool 77 12
St. Helens 66 19
Sefton 46 73
Wirral 59 63
Bolton 50 8
Bury 46 1
Manchester 91 19
Oldham 39 0
Rochdale 17 23
Salford 8 8
Stockport 51 58
Tameside 17 0
Trafford 33 16
Wigan 115 35
Barnsley 18 0
Doncaster 46 17
Rotherham 121 0
Sheffield 2 8
Bradford 42 0
Calderdale 9 19
Kirklees 47 14
Leeds 3 11
Wakefield 49 39
Gateshead 33 14
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 37 15
North Tyneside 24 40
South Tyneside 26 18
Sunderland 48 8
Isles of Scilly 1 18
Avon 18 190
Bedfordshire 61 85
Berkshire 152 96
Buckinghamshire 67 123
Cambridge 0 64

All full-time pupils in maintained primary, middle and secondary schools in each local education authority in England—January 1991
Primary Middle Secondary
201 City 202
202 Camden 9,482 9,891
203 Greenwich 18,322 13,470
204 Hackney 14,732 7,592
205 Hammersmith and Fulham 8,154 6,050
206 Islington 13,421 7,223
207 Kensington and Chelsea 5,922 3,539
208 Lambeth 17,283 5,955
209 Lewisham 17,725 11,428
210 Southwark 18,315 9,487
211 Tower Hamlets 18,134 10,751
212 Wandsworth 14,916 9,724

Number1 of pupils2 at non-maintained special schools Number1 of pupils2 at independent schools receiving special educational treatment
Cheshire 188 91
Cleveland 40 36
Cornwall 19 66
Cumbria 38 49
Derbyshire 79 47
Devon 178 155
Dorset 175 44
Durham 30 73
East Sussex 0 0
Essex 175 286
Gloucestershire 90 33
Hampshire 276 283
Hereford and Worcester 50 67
Hertfordshire 47 253
Humbersidc 68 41
Isle of Wight 34 3
Kent 279 347
Lancashire 233 220
Leicestershire 25 46
Lincolnshire 32 135
Norfolk 41 85
North Yorkshire 83 54
Northamptonshire 34 61
Northumberland 37 13
Nottinghamshire 53 90
Oxfordshire 52 33
Shropshire 23 24
Somerset 70 76
Staffordshire 8 39
Suffolk 68 105
Surrey 198 83
Warwickshire 63 50
West Sussex 195 109
Wiltshire 106 211
Total for England 5,512 5,780
1 As recorded in returns to the Department of Education and Science.
2 Pupils aged five and over (as at 31 August 1990) for whom the local education authority was paying full tuition fees.