§ Mr. JoplingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will give the numbers and percentages of(a) all, (b) primary and (c) secondary school children who have been statemented for each shire county in England; and what is the national average.
§ Mr. ForthInformation on children for whom statements of special educational needs were being maintained in January 1993 in the shire counties and in England is shown in the table. Also included is information on the numbers of pupils with statements attending maintained primary and secondary schools.
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Children for whom a statement is maintained 1Pupils with statements in maintained primary and secondary schools Primary Secondary LEA 2number 3as a percentage of all pupils in schools number as a percentage of pupils on the register number as a percentage of pupils on the register Wiltshire 3,419 3.9 1,183 2.5 1,141 3.4 ENGLAND 176,698 2.3 43,464 1.0 41,558 1.4 1 Derived from returns received from schools. Includes middle schools as deemed. 2 Derived from returns received by LEAs. Includes children in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools; non-maintained special and independent schools and children being educated otherwise than in a school. 3 Divisor includes pupils in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools and non-maintained special and independent schools. N/a—Information for Leicestershire LEA.