Disabled Children (Hansard, 23 March 1994)

HC Deb 23 March 1994 vol 240 c238W 238W

§ Ms Primarolo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of children suffer from a permanent disability.

§ Mr. Bowis
The 1985 survey of disability conducted by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys estimated that 3.2 per cent. of children under 16 in Great Britain had disabilities.