HC Deb 23 June 1994 vol 245 cc265-6W
Mr. Dover

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many of his Department's booklets entitled "Special Educational Needs—A Guide for Parents", were printed; to whom they were circulated; and what was the overall cost.

Mr. Forth

The booklet "Special Educational Needs—A Guide for Parents" was printed and distributed as follows:

Printing

The following numbers of the Guide have been printed:

Language Initial print run Reprint Total
English 400,000 100,000 500,000
Bengali 5,000 3,000 8,000
Chinese 5,000 1,000 6,000
Greek 3,000 1,000 4,000
Gujerati 5,000 1,000 6,000
Hindi 5,000 1,000 6,000
Punjabi 5,000 1,000 6,000
Turkish 3,000 1,000 4,000
Urdu 7,000 3,000 10,000
Vietnamese 3,000 1,000 4,000

Distribution

The initial print run of English language Guides was delivered as follows:

Recipient Quantity per recipient
LEAs 1,000
Regional and district health authorities 300
Family Health Service Associations 300
Community Health Councils 300
Social services departments 10
All schools 5
NHS Trusts 5
Regional Library HQs 5
Miscellaneous (1,289 addresses) 1

Cost

The overall cost of designing and printing the initial 400,000 copies of the Guide and the production of the Guide in 9 ethnic languages was £144,500.

The Guide was distributed alongside: the Code of Practice on the Identification and Assessment of Special Educational Needs; Circular 6/94: "The Organisation of Special Educational Provision"; a response card for further orders; and a covering letter. The total initial distribution cost for all these documents was £75,000.