§ Mr. DoverTo 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. ForthThe booklet "Special Educational Needs—A Guide for Parents" was printed and distributed as follows:
PrintingThe 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 266W Provision"; a response card for further orders; and a covering letter. The total initial distribution cost for all these documents was £75,000.