HC Deb 28 February 1994 vol 238 c558W
Mr. Alan Howarth

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what percentage of children were taught in special schools in 1977, 1979, 1981, 1989 and the latest available year.

Mr. Forth

Pupils in special schools as a percentage of total pupil population in maintained schools in the years concerned, based on the latest data available, are as follows:

Year Per cent.
1977 1.55
1979 1.59
1981 1.62
1989 1.34
1993 1.25