HC Deb 25 April 1994 vol 242 c53W
Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list by local education authority for 1984 and the latest date for which information is available(a) the number of educational psychologists employed, (b) the ratio of educational psychologists to school age children, (c) the number of children with statements and (d) the ratio of children with statements to the school age population.

Sir Wyn Roberts

The information required is given in the following table. Data on educational psychologists were not collected prior to January 1992.

Number of educational psychologists 1993 Rate per 10,000 of the school population 1993
Clwyd 20 3
Dyfed 10 2
Gwent 21 3
Gwynedd 5 1
Mid Glamorgan 19 2
Powys 4 2
South Glamorgan 10 2
West Glamorgan 12 2
Wales 101 2

Number of children with statements of special educational needs Rate per 10,000 of the school population1
1984 1993 1984 1993
Clwyd 1,142 3,219 162 490
Dyfed 814 1,319 144 233
Gwent 1,658 2,297 215 314
Gwynedd 987 865 242 240
Mid Glamorgan 3,885 4,016 390 422
Powys 308 517 154 270
South Glamorgan 1,171 1,374 175 202

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