HC Deb 03 April 1995 vol 257 c970W
Mr. Alan W. Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 17 March,Official Report, column 766, if he will give a breakdown according to age of the children in Dyfed who received statements of special educational needs for the first time, for each year since 1987. [16863]

Mr. Richards

The number of children by age, for whom statements of special educational needs were made for the first time, for each calendar year since 1991, are shown in the following table. Data were not collected by age before 1991.

Under 5 5–16 Over 16 Total
1991 21 251 0 272
1992 21 374 2 397
1993 32 403 2 437