HC Deb 19 July 1993 vol 229 cc32-5W
Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list, for January for each year from 1988 to the latest year for which figures are available, the number of pupils aged five to 15 years with statements of special educational need(a) in maintained special schools, (b) in non-maintained special schools and independent schools under arrangements made by the authority and (c) in maintained primary, middle and secondary schools.

Mr. Forth

Information about pupils with statements of special educational needs by age is not available centrally. Figures showing the total numbers of pupils with statements since 1988 for mainstream and for independent schools and since 1991 for special schools are shown in the table.

Pupils with statements of special educational needs in schools in England 1988–92
Position as at January of each year
Maintained schools Non-maintained schools
Year primary, middle and secondary schools special special independent1
1988 40,931 n/a n/a 6,144
1989 47,262 n/a n/a 5,597
1990 54,299 n/a n/a 5,623
1991 61,992 80,367 5,265 5,621
1992 71,246 79,190 4,942 5,388
1 Includes pupils in City Technology Colleges.

Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list, for January for each year from

Full-time pupils aged 5 to 15 in maintained primary, middle, secondary and special schools in England Position as at January each year
Ages at previous 31 August
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Mainstream Special Mainstream Special Mainstream Special Mainstream Special Mainstream Special
Corporation of London 171 0 171 0
Camden 16,209 312 16,613 316
Greenwich 28,127 652 28,495 629
Hackney 19,409 594 19,661 588
Hammersmith 12,199 455 12,232 402
Islington 17,266 289 18,044 300
Kensington and Chelsea 7,609 83 7,647 73
Lambeth 20,713 810 21,023 768
Lewisham 25,643 454 25,096 437
Southwark 24,971 433 24,837 437
Tower Hamlets 25,282 429 26,146 454
Wandsworth 20,716 680 20,240 630
Westminster 13,205 146 13,313 145
ILEA 227,073 5,841 226,022 5,623 227,745 5,517
Barking 19,539 200 19,345 179 19,309 169 19,463 152 19,742 145
Barnet 32,076 305 32,113 297 32,240 275 32,644 267 33,137 277
Bexley 28,096 266 27,710 224 27,480 217 27,584 229 27,762 232
Brent 26,069 313 25,483 297 25,153 302 25,693 308 26,341 294
Bromley 30,914 379 30,264 358 30,059 336 30,246 320 30,960 303
Croydon 35,702 476 35,037 459 34,841 443 34,293 458 34,494 476
Ealing 29,941 440 29,728 420 29,932 375 30,381 357 30,307 384
Enfield 31,604 379 31,026 366 31,265 339 31,531 335 32,103 346
Haringey 20,436 283 19,927 257 20,225 250 20,855 265 21,475 280
Harrow 22,169 239 22,292 215 22,583 210 22,909 194 23,250 185
Havering 31,631 310 31,013 275 30,570 229 30,326 207 30,132 191
Hillingdon 27,031 340 26,720 300 26,790 323 26,994 316 27,143 336
Hounslow 24,438 470 24,268 413 24,474 422 25,037 372 25,600 362
Kingston upon Thames 14,077 229 13,795 229 13,713 227 13,779 212 14,078 211
Merton 16,976 247 16,594 230 16,250 223 16,501 209 16,975 218
Newham 29,589 459 29,512 375 30,177 397 31,182 369 32,021 286
Redbridge 25,927 358 25,824 356 26,163 367 26,652 343 27,155 340
Richmond upon Thames 14,674 152 14,713 158 14,817 166 15,154 146 15,326 132
Sutton 19,208 271 19,036 259 18,929 259 19,093 275 19,351 278
Waltham Forest 25,463 595 24,965 577 25,014 634 25,442 614 25,805 639
Birmingham 139,215 2,341 137,668 2,307 137,648 2,235 138,723 2,337 140,185 2,438
Coventry 39,817 773 38,873 786 38,538 752 38,661 711 39,091 729
Dudley 39,895 497 39,173 500 38,785 489 38,805 519 39,154 516
Sandwell 40,222 766 39,482 782 39,111 769 39,380 763 39,866 732
Solihull 27,941 262 27,241 237 26,750 222 26,719 215 27,133 236
Walsall 37,722 500 37,026 488 36,588 480 36,833 469 37,174 475
Wolverhampton 34,584 428 33,742 415 32,998 436 32,755 443 32,809 442
Knowsley 22,535 541 22,108 559 21,924 599 21,798 561 21,866 561
Liverpool 62,345 1,478 61,366 1,485 61,484 1,340 62,268 1,363 63,029 1,375
St. Helens 25,836 422 25,222 398 24,610 412 24,261 413 24,207 414
Sefton 37,639 384 37,223 393 37,084 377 37,205 396 37,519 382
Wirral 43,040 656 42,524 643 42,108 634 42,465 625 42,539 637
Bolton 36,481 425 35,935 405 35,676 390 35,795 395 36,176 418
Bury 22,414 238 22,181 238 22,189 245 22,346 248 22,578 267

1988 to the latest year for which figures are available (a) the number of full-time pupils aged five to 15 years in (i) maintained primary, middle and secondary schools and (ii) special schools maintained by the local education authority and (b) the number of pupils aged five to 15 years belonging to (i) other local education authorities but attending special schools maintained by the local education authority, (ii) the local education authority but attending special schools maintained by other local education authorities and (iii) the local education authorities attending non-maintained special schools and independent schools for the purposes of special educational treatment.

Mr. Forth

The numbers of full-time pupils aged five to 15 years in maintained primary, middle, secondary and special schools in each local education authority in England for the years requested are shown in the table. The information requested at(b) can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Mainstream Special Mainstream Special Mainstream Special Mainstream Special Mainstream Special
Manchester 54,549 1,602 53,907 1,479 54,119 1,418 54,825 1,246 55,600 1,509
Oldham 31,809 445 31,662 452 31,967 479 32,572 454 33,195 446
Rochdale 29,348 483 28,985 465 28,631 476 28,816 481 28,822 447
Salford 28,885 607 28,148 580 27,916 543 28,086 423 28,386 386
Stockport 36,575 346 35,576 328 35,014 348 35,053 355 35,122 357
Tameside 29,474 346 29,198 340 29,048 355 29,321 356 29,771 363
Trafford 25,575 353 24,975 341 24,707 326 24,752 330 25,291 330
Wigan 43,773 675 42,896 663 42,211 720 41,972 740 41,880 776
Barnsley 29,565 227 28,931 179 28,498 166 28,418 147 28,420 126
Doncaster 39,841 596 39,509 611 39,338 626 39,513 628 40,123 632
Rotherham 36,285 534 35,502 524 35,202 530 35,175 548 35,252 558
Sheffield 61,140 825 59,056 794 58,139 768 58,032 758 58,552 789
Bradford 68,758 825 68,303 764 68,491 681 68,903 653 69,510 614
Calderdale 26,604 205 26,332 203 26,031 186 26,092 164 26,153 151
Kirklees 52,466 557 51,255 574 50,820 578 50,785 588 50,998 589
Leeds 89,319 1,114 88,029 968 87,110 894 87,070 823 87,838 805
Wakefield 41,173 631 40,559 592 40,172 562 40,481 560 40,892 545
Gateshead 25,355 409 24,761 384 24,487 348 24,334 323 24,363 314
Newcastle upon Tyne 31,416 562 31,164 519 30,952 497 31,219 512 31,435 640
North Tyneside 24,642 349 24,466 322 24,255 327 24,356 342 24,342 362
South Tyneside 20,175 242 19,919 240 19,934 250 20,306 261 20,724 284
Sunderland 42,078 502 41,250 485 40,879 505 41,124 529 41,332 568
Isles of Scilly 260 0 251 0 250 0 261 0 267 0
Avon 111,966 1,909 109,708 1,845 108,689 1,809 108,814 1,811 109,681 1,850
Bedfordshire 72,380 1,003 71,378 1,002 70,825 981 71,040 986 71,945 1,006
Berkshire 93,520 1,249 91,909 1,253 90,986 1,268 91,034 1,350 91,550 1,452
Buckinghamshire 83,347 1,427 82,259 1,386 80,860 1,340 80,865 1,335 81,348 1,390
Cambridgeshire 83,544 998 82,694 937 82,364 877 82,913 824 83,692 822
Cheshire 128,510 1,186 126,655 1,111 125,579 1,075 125,853 1,103 126,235 1,163
Cleveland 82,140 1,409 81,160 1,388 80,935 1,123 81,323 1,167 81,792 1,155
Cornwall 58,913 234 58,770 236 58,216 232 58,274 243 58,336 243
Cumbria 62,764 387 61,927 374 61,362 332 61,197 277 61,205 227
Derbyshire 121,453 1,319 119,594 1,226 118,061 1,193 117,649 1,128 117,849 1,094
Devon 117,300 1,576 116,606 1,521 115,705 1,524 116,042 1,526 117,466 1,554
Dorset 71,726 1,062 70,725 1,043 70,087 976 70,469 970 71,178 981
Durham 78,975 934 77,676 927 77,448 882 77,345 937 77,704 948
East Sussex 68,879 1,241 68,490 1,212 68,049 1,171 68,950 1,191 69,959 1,197
Essex 200,769 2,436 195,914 2,294 193,008 2,281 191,240 2,246 191,394 2,267
Gloucestershire 64,532 1,121 63,639 1,116 62,722 1,122 62,918 1,094 63,572 1,144
Hampshire 187,640 3,368 185,134 3,258 183,287 3,236 184,172 3,193 185,749 3,159
Hereford and Worcester 85,884 1,048 84,354 1,055 83,513 1,073 83,252 1,060 83,610 999
Hertfordshire 126,567 1,827 123,610 1,762 122,012 1,699 121,514 1,672 122,332 1,721
Humberside 119,116 1,229 117,259 1,185 116,628 1,120 116,584 1,040 117,129 1,079
Isle of Wight 14,491 212 14,544 220 14,562 192 14,502 187 14,575 182
Kent 197,013 3,041 192,901 2,996 190,284 2,903 188,776 2,860 189,486 2,848
Lancashire 182,720 2,940 181,159 2,852 180,963 2,847 180,998 2,859 182,029 2,893
Leicestershire 118,477 1,013 116,899 947 116,164 884 116,430 884 117,096 911
Lincolnshire 74,025 1,061 72,648 1,017 71,904 983 71,969 992 72,548 967
Norfolk 91,020 804 89,347 758 87,988 736 87,580 739 87,982 762
North Yorkshire 84,512 925 83,565 901 82,884 917 82,942 911 83,586 853
Northamptonshire 80,070 1,050 78,947 1,033 78,224 990 78,209 956 78,348 968
Northumberland 40,588 511 39,997 479 39,966 471 40,106 487 40,318 452
Nottinghamshire 129,051 2,140 126,938 2,087 125,185 1,917 125,297 1,745 126,490 1,519
Oxfordshire 65,312 718 64,001 727 63,340 700 63,534 643 64,318 672
Shropshire 53,768 586 53,348 563 52,843 509 52,655 467 52,807 441
Somerset 55,405 607 54,573 559 54,004 544 53,909 544 54,640 548
Staffordshire 137,329 1,741 135,439 1,655 133,993 1,646 134,096 1,723 134,782 1,811
Suffolk 79,320 640 77,574 639 76,713 625 76,363 624 76,451 649
Surrey 104,480 1,811 101,633 1,661 99,308 1,581 98,974 1,553 99,106 1,585
Warwickshire 61,323 1,235 59,948 1,194 59,003 1,117 58,793 1,065 58,975 1,069
West Sussex 80,885 1,092 79,548 1,071 78,686 1,084 78,695 1,116 79,531 1,108
Wiltshire 70,572 682 69,515 643 68,797 608 68,877 626 69,497 661
ENGLAND 5,951,670 84,470 5,861,770 81,443 5,816,540 79,211 5,830,912 78,098 5,874,560 78,657