HC Deb 04 December 1995 vol 268 cc122-38W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list by local education authority for each year since 1985(a) the number of educational psychologists employed, (b) the ratio of educational psychologists to school children, (c) the number of children with statements and (d) to the ratio of children with statements to the school age population. [3627]

Mrs. Gillan

The available information is shown in the table:

Educational psychologists in service and children with statements of special educational needs maintained by each Local Education Authority area in England
Position as at January in each year
1985
Educational psychologists Children with statements1
Full-time equvalent per 10,000 pupils in schools2 Number1 per 10,000 pupils in schools2
Stockport 6.7 1.3 862 166.8
Tameside 7.0 1.8 669 175.8
Trafford 3.0 0.9 278 79.4
Wigan 8.0 1.4 108 18.9
Barnsley 4.0 1.0 443 112.3
Doncaster 9.0 1.7 14 2.6
Rotherham 9.0 1.9 844 178.7
Sheffield 13.6 1.6 1,383 162.3
Bradford 14.0 1.6 1,391 157.0
Calderdale 2.0 0.6 338 96.7
Kirklees 12.0 1.7 929 132.2
Leeds 13.5 1.1 1,038 85.9
Wakefield 6.0 1.0 981 170.7
Gateshead 8.0 2.4 598 176.7
Newcastle upon Tyne 12.0 2.6 882 188.1
North Tyneside 8.0 2.4 604 178.3
South Tyneside 6.0 2.3 467 175.7
Sunderland 9.0 1.6 1,000 178.8
Isles of Scilly 0.0 0.0 5 5
Inner London 87.7 2.6 7,349 220.7
Avon 28.6 1.8 617 39.7
Bedfordshire 12.0 1.3 1,529 162.5
Berkshire 17.3 1.3 2,121 164.2
Buckinghamshire 16.0 1.5 2,859 268.0
Cambridgeshire 12.0 1.1 1,252 119.1
Cheshire 17.0 1.0 3,468 209.1
Cleveland 18.0 1.6 2,290 208.8
Cornwall 8.0 1.1 965 132.9
Cumbria 90 1.1 1,363 164.6
Derbyshire 21.5 1.4 2,698 172.6
Devon 20.4 1.4 2,807 188.2
Dorset 14.5 1.6 1,590 171.7
Durham 17.4 1.7 1,569 149.5
East Sussex 11.8 1.2 1,766 181.0
Essex 31.4 1.3 4,555 182.1
Gloucestershire 11.0 1.3 483 55.4
Hampshire 31.5 1.3 5,252 214.4
Hereford and Worcester 11.0 1.0 14 1.2
Hertfordshire 21.5 1.2 3,472 193.2
Humberside 21.0 1.4 2,417 158.5
Isle of Wight 3.0 1.6 317 166.8
Kent 19.0 0.8 5,137 203.2
Lancashire 34.0 1.4 4,708 200.2
Leicestershire 19.0 1.3 1,797 118.9
Lincolnshire 10.0 1.1 2,001 217.9
Norfolk 14.0 1.2 1,494 130.4
North Yorkshire 15.2 1.3 1,723 151.5
Northamptonshire 15.0 1.5 1,858 183.2
Northumberland 4.1 0.8 806 156.9
Nottinghamshire 30.0 1.7 2,617 152.3
Oxfordshire 12.5 1.4 1,046 115.7
Shropshire 8.0 1.1 780 110.6
Somerset 9.0 1.2 1,320 175.6
Staffordshire 17.7 1.0 2,671 150.2
Suffolk 13.0 1.3 1,532 148.8
Surrey 22.0 1.3 3,384 204.0
Warwickshire 9.8 1.2 1,547 183.9
West Sussex 12.0 1.1 1,394 130.8
Wiltshire 13.0 1.5 1,795 202.7
England 1,173.4 1.5 127,889 160.7
1 Children with statements of special education needs maintained by the LEA.
2 Divisor includes pupils of all ages in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special; independent and non-maintained special schools.
3 Derived from returns received from LEA's-Special Educational Needs Survey (SEN2). Includes children in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools; independent and non-maintained special schools and children being educated otherwise than in a school.
4 Not applicable.
5 Not available.

1992
Educational psychologists Children with statements1
Full-time equivalent per 10,000 pupils in schools2 Number3 per 10,000 pupils in schools2
Corporation of London 0.0 0.0 5 28.2
Camden 7.8 2.9 454 170.4
Greenwich 11.0 2.9 1,000 262.6
Hackney 8.5 3.0 575 203.9
Hammersmith and Fulham 8.0 4.1 414 213.9
Islington 10.0 4.2 445 189.1
Kensington and Chelsea 6.0 2.9 264 126.0
Lambeth 7.8 2.8 752 269.7
Lewisham 10.0 2.9 760 219.0
Southwark 10.0 2.8 779 217.9
Tower Hamlets 10.0 3.1 672 208.1
Wandsworth 11.0 3.4 1,028 321.2
Westminster 7.0 3.2 457 206.0
Barking and Dagenham 7.5 3.0 347 140.5
Barnet 13.6 2.8 752 153.6
Bexley 6.5 1.9 814 242.4
Brent 11.2 3.2 543 154.0
Bromley 10.0 2.4 1,018 244.9
Croydon 10.8 2.1 1,016 200.1
Ealing 9.8 2.1 907 198.8
Enfield 12.5 3.1 241 58.8
Haringey 9.8 3.2 414 136.4
Harrow 6.0 1.9 540 169.1
Havering 8.0 2.2 629 174.0
Hillingdon 8.2 2.2 575 157.0
Hounslow 5.8 1.7 1,020 301.9
Kingston upon Thames 3.0 1.4 433 204.9
Merton 5.7 2.2 581 227.0
Newham 11.0 2.8 690 176.5
Redbridge 7.4 2.0 621 169.9
Richmond upon Thames 5.5 2.3 430 176.8
Sutton 6.0 2.3 581 227.0
Waltham Forest 7.0 2.1 674 198.1
Birmingham 37.5 2.0 3,122 170.1
Coventry 14.0 2.7 1,021 198.4
Dudley 8.5 1.8 897 192.8
Sandwell 14.0 2.7 740 144.2
Solihull 8.0 2.2 631 172.0
Walsall 10.0 2.1 899 185.6
Wolverhampton 10.0 2.3 938 217.3
Knowsley 6.8 2.4 813 288.2
Liverpool 18.0 2.1 1,870 221.4
St. Helens 6.5 2.1 808 260.4
Sefton 11.0 2.2 1,049 207.7
Wirral 13.5 2.3 1,270 218.4
Bolton 7.4 1.5 696 145.6
Bury 4.5 1.5 804 269.5
Manchester 19.3 2.5 1,024 130.6
Oldham 4.0 0.9 860 202.8
Rochdale 7.5 2.1 781 220.3
Salford 7.0 1.8 470 120.5
Stockport 9.5 1.9 1,293 261.4
Tameside 11.0 2.9 1,126 301.0
Trafford 4.0 1.1 671 192.1
Wigan 6.5 1.3 1,000 195.3
Barnsley 4.5 1.3 520 154.1
Doncaster 9.0 1.7 1,023 198.0
Rotherham 10.3 2.4 1,171 269.0
Sheffield 16.2 2.2 1,261 171.7
Bradford 19.0 2.1 1,267 141.0
Calderdale 6.8 2.0 461 136.9
Kirklees 15.0 2.3 1,551 237.9
Leeds 19.0 1.7 2,879 252.0
Wakefield 12.0 2.2 1,011 186.4
Gateshead 10.0 3.2 503 161.1
Newcastle upon Tyne 11.0 2.4 948 206.0
North Tyneside 8.0 2.4 888 268.8
South Tyneside 8.0 3.1 497 193.5
Sunderland 10.1 2.0 1,107 216.5
Isles of Scilly 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
Inner London 4 4 4 4

1992
Educational psychologists Children with statements1
Full-time eqivalent per 10,000 pupils in schools2 Number3 per 10,000 pupils in schools2
Avon 28.8 1.9 4,131 275.0
Bedfordshire 17.0 1.8 1,893 199.8
Berkshire 17.0 1.3 2,450 192.2
Buckinghamshire 21.9 2.1 3,413 319.9
Cambridgeshire 14.0 1.3 1,745 161.9
Cheshire 25.1 1.5 3,798 233.7
Cleveland 18.3 1.7 2,272 210.5
Cornwall 12.0 1.7 2,152 299.8
Cumbria 18.0 2.3 2,049 263.4
Derbyshire 33.1 2.2 3,945 266.9
Devon 22.1 1.5 4,704 316.3
Dorset 17.5 1.9 2,151 229.6
Durham 20.4 2.1 1,938 195.9
East Sussex 19.6 2.0 1,888 191.1
Essex 42.7 1.8 4,923 210.6
Gloucestershire 17.0 2.6 1,477 176.6
Hampshire 44.0 1.9 7,048 298.2
Hereford and Worcester 16.5 1.5 1,197 110.2
Hertfordshire 28.4 1.7 3,806 224.2
Humberside 24.0 1.6 2,207 150.8
Isle of Wight 3.0 1.6 378 201.1
Kent 30.0 1.2 5,862 236.9
Lancashire 42.0 1.8 5,950 262.0
Leicestershire 33.6 2.3 2,592 174.1
Lincolnshire 13.0 1.4 2,534 281.7
Norfolk 18.5 1.7 2,732 248.7
North Yorkshire 20.0 1.8 2,238 200.8
Northamptonshire 17.5 1.7 1,847 181.7
Northumberland 9.5 1.9 1,016 198.3
Nottinghamshire 28.5 1.8 1,914 118.0
Oxfordshire 14.5 1.6 1,078 121.9
Shropshire 12.0 1.8 2,004 296.3
Somerset 11.0 1.5 1,052 144.4
Staffordshire 29.4 1.7 3,400 201.1
Suffolk 14.0 1.4 2,384 239.2
Surrey 28.4 1.8 4,172 265.3
Warwickshire 12.3 1.6 1,600 203.5
West Sussex 17.4 1.7 1,555 148.0
Wiltshire 14.8 1.7 3,299 386.6
England 1,496.6 1.9 165,095 214.0
1Children with statements of special education needs maintained by the LEA.
2Divisor includes pupils of all ages in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special; independent and non-maintained special schools.
3Derived from returns received from LEA's-Special Educational Needs Survey (SEN2). Includes children in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools; independent and non-maintained special schools and children being educated otherwise than in a school.
4Not applicable.

1993
Educational psychologists Children with statements1
Full-time equivalent per 10,000 pupils in schools2 Number3 per 10,000 pupils in schools2
Corporation of London 0.0 0.0 5 27.9
Camden 7.0 2.5 508 184.5
Greenwich 12.0 3.1 1,200 314.3
Hackney 7.5 2.7 1,027 363.6
Hammersmith and Fulham 7.0 3.6 497 253.5
Islington 8.0 3.4 567 243.4
Kensington and Chelsea 7.0 3.3 285 135.4
Lambeth 11.1 3.9 598 210.8
Lewisham 9.0 2.5 912 256.2
Southwark 10.5 2.9 814 221.3
Tower Hamlets 8.5 2.5 829 245.0
Wandsworth 10.0 3.0 920 278.0
Westminster 6.0 2.7 523 231.3
Barking and Dagenham 7.5 3.0 404 159.2
Barnet 14.5 2.9 781 157.9
Bexley 6.5 1.9 873 255.9
Brent 8.5 2.3 629 169.2

1993
Educational psychologists Children with statements1
Full-time equivalent per 10,000 pupils in schools2 Number3 per 10,000 pupils in schools2
Bromley 10.0 2.3 946 219.0
Croydon 10.8 2.1 992 189.7
Ealing 9.8 2.2 1,024 225.7
Enfield 13.0 3.1 397 93.5
Haringey 10.8 3.5 479 154.0
Harrow 9.0 2.8 594 182.9
Havering 8.7 2.4 671 183.6
Hillingdon 8.8 2.3 423 112.0
Hounslow 6.0 1.7 1,038 300.9
Kingston upon Thames 4.0 1.8 437 202.1
Merton 6.6 2.5 706 267.6
Newham 10.2 2.5 794 193.6
Redbridge 7.4 1.9 681 179.0
Richmond upon Thames 6.0 2.4 491 196.1
Sutton 4.0 1.5 673 256.6
Waltham Forest 7.0 2.0 672 192.1
Birmingham 31.5 1.7 3,598 192.8
Coventry 12.0 2.3 1,025 196.4
Dudley 7.1 1.5 940 198.7
Sandwell 14.0 2.7 660 126.8
Solihull 8.4 2.2 713 188.7
Walsall 9.0 1.8 951 192.9
Wolverhampton 9.0 2.0 1,044 234.5
Knowsley 5.8 2.0 810 283.6
Liverpool 18.0 2.1 2,092 244.2
St. Helens 9.0 2.9 1,020 327.0
Sefton 10.0 2.0 1,119 219.2
Wirral 10.5 1.8 1,431 242.8
Bolton 7.4 1.5 823 169.4
Bury 4.6 1.5 990 322.9
Manchester 18.2 2.3 1,217 153.6
Oldham 7.0 1.6 768 176.6
Rochdale 7.5 2.1 810 225.1
Salford 7.6 1.9 445 112.2
Stockport 9.5 1.9 1,397 278.0
Tameside 8.0 2.1 1,086 284.3
Trafford 4.0 1.1 757 212.3
Wigan 6.5 1.3 1,409 272.3
Barnsley 4.5 1.3 631 184.4
Doncaster 11.0 2.1 1,112 212.7
Rotherham 9.3 2.1 1,207 272.4
Sheffield 18.2 2.4 1,483 199.1
Bradford 20.0 2.2 1,270 137.9
Calderdale 6.5 1.9 488 142.1
Kirklees 17.0 2.6 1,691 256.6
Leeds 19.0 1.6 3,011 258.2
Wakefield 10.5 1.9 1,074 194.6
Gateshead 8.5 2.7 536 169.0
Newcastle upon Tyne 11.0 2.4 1,019 219.8
North Tyneside 8.0 2.4 1,066 319.4
South Tyneside 6.0 2.3 501 191.8
Sunderland 11.1 2.1 1,200 231.8
Isles of Scilly 0.0 0.0 1 35.5
Inner London 4 4 4 4
Avon 25.5 1.7 4,054 265.8
Bedfordshire 15.9 1.6 2,448 253.7
Berkshire 19.5 1.5 3,009 234.2
Buckinghamshire 23.0 2.1 3,793 349.1
Cambridgeshire 16.0 1.5 1,842 168.3
Cheshire 25.3 1.5 4,154 252.5
Cleveland 16.5 1.5 2,353 215.8
Cornwall 12.0 1.6 2,571 352.3
Cumbria 19.0 2.4 2,076 264.3
Derbyshire 30.3 2.0 4,066 271.3
Devon 24.5 1.6 4,740 313.0
Dorset 18.6 2.0 2,320 243.5
Durham 23.5 2.3 2,133 213.2
East Sussex 18.7 1.8 2,200 217.4
Essex 42.3 1.8 5,067 214.5
Gloucestershire 17.4 2.0 2,070 243.5
Hampshire 46.8 1.9 6,802 281.9

1993
Educational psychologists Children with statements1
Full-time equivalent per 10,000 pupils in schools2 Number3 per 10,000 pupils in schools2
Hereford and Worcester 16.0 1.5 1,676 153.1
Hertfordshire 33.0 1.9 4,145 240.6
Humberside 24.0 1.6 2,373 159.0
Isle of Wight 3.0 1.6 391 205.7
Kent 36.5 1.5 6,008 239.2
Lancashire 40.2 1.7 6,556 284.8
Leicestershire 32.6 2.2 5 5
Lincolnshire 13.0 1.4 2,810 306.1
Norfolk 19.0 1.7 3,060 274.3
North Yorkshire 19.0 1.7 2,193 192.8
Northamptonshire 19.0 1.8 1,983 192.4
Northumberland 9.5 1.8 1,200 230.1
Nottinghamshire 29.0 1.8 1,934 117.3
Oxfordshire 14.5 1.6 1,521 169.4
Shropshire 11.6 1.7 2,112 305.0
Somerset 11.1 1.5 1,594 215.4
Staffordshire 27.4 1.6 3,699 215.1
Suffolk 14.0 1.4 2,704 268.9
Surrey 29.5 1.9 4,449 281.2
Warwickshire 12.7 1.6 1,458 182.9
West Sussex 17.1 1.6 1,930 180.3
Wiltshire 13.3 1.5 3,419 388.9
England 1,497.7 1.9 176,698 225.2
1 Children with statements of special education needs maintained by the LEA.
2 Divisor includes pupils of all ages in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special; independent and non-maintained special schools.
3 Derived from returns received from LEA's-Special Educational Needs Survey (SEN2). Includes children in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools; independent and non-maintained special schools and children being educated otherwise than in a school.
4Not applicable.
5Not available.

1994
Educational psychologists Children with statements1
Full-time equivalent per 10,000 pupils in schools2 Number3 per 10,000 pupils in schools2
Corporation of London 0.0 0.0 6 32.7
Camden 8.2 2.9 645 230.4
Greenwich 12.0 3.1 1,174 306.8
Hackney 10.0 3.5 1,041 366.4
Hammersmith and Fulham 7.0 3.6 519 263.6
Islington 8.0 3.3 786 326.8
Kensington and Chelsea 7.0 3.4 298 145.7
Lambeth 13.5 4.8 518 183.1
Lewisham 9.0 2.5 1,142 320.6
Southwark 11.6 3.0 955 247.8
Tower Hamlets 8.0 2.3 1,063 303.0
Wandsworth 5.6 1.7 916 277.2
Westminster 6.0 2.6 481 210.5
Barking and Dagenham 7.2 2.8 478 183.6
Barnet 14.5 2.9 884 178.5
Bexley 8.0 2.3 916 261.3
Brent 10.5 2.8 805 213.3
Bromley 9.0 2.0 1,059 234.0
Croydon 10.8 2.1 1,012 195.1
Ealing 11.8 2.6 956 209.8
Enfield 15.2 3.5 406 93.5
Haringey 10.8 3.4 588 183.5
Harrow 8.6 2.6 693 212.6
Havering 8.0 2.2 691 192.3
Hillingdon 8.9 2.3 840 217.7
Hounslow 8.1 2.3 1,064 302.1
Kingston upon Thames 4.3 1.9 484 218.0
Merton 5.4 2.0 661 248.3
Newham 10.0 2.4 963 234.7
Redbridge 7.4 1.9 758 193.7
Richmond upon Thames 6.0 2.3 515 200.7
Sutton 5.0 1.8 707 261.5
Waltham Forest 7.0 2.0 566 165.4

1994
Educational psychologists Children with statements1
Full-time equivalent per 10,000 pupils in schools2 Number3 per 10,000 pupils in schools2
Birmingham 39.3 2.1 4,182 226.9
Coventry 12.0 2.3 1,028 195.1
Dudley 6.6 1.4 918 188.4
Sandwell 12.0 2.3 667 128.4
Solihull 7.5 2.0 758 204.2
Walsall 10.0 2.0 1,263 252.9
Wolverhampton 9.0 2.0 1,046 233.3
Knowsley 6.8 2.4 828 288.3
Liverpool 18.0 2.1 2,339 266.7
St. Helens 8.0 2.6 1,326 433.3
Sefton 10.0 2.0 1,304 255.6
Wirral 11.5 2.0 1,556 264.4
Bolton 7.4 1.5 927 191.8
Bury 4.6 1.5 1,120 366.5
Manchester 17.8 2.3 1,267 164.9
Oldham 6.0 1.4 487 111.9
Rochdale 7.5 2.1 797 218.1
Salford 7.6 2.0 642 166.5
Stockport 10.4 2.2 1,437 298.1
Tameside 7.0 1.9 1,140 303.2
Trafford 4.0 1.1 812 221.2
Wigan 9.0 1.8 1,836 362.7
Barnsley 5.6 1.6 813 234.7
Doncaster 11.0 2.1 1,349 254.6
Rotherham 10.3 2.3 1,123 252.8
Sheffield 16.3 2.2 1,656 219.2
Bradford 21.5 2.3 1,417 151.6
Calderdale 7.0 2.0 566 163.0
Kirklees 18.0 2.7 2,000 304.0
Leeds 15.0 1.3 3,371 282.2
Wakefield 8.5 1.5 1,303 235.0
Gateshead 9.0 2.8 621 193.9
Newcastle upon Tyne 11.0 2.4 1,099 236.3
North Tyneside 8.0 2.4 895 272.7
South Tyneside 6.0 2.3 577 218.1
Sunderland 11.5 2.2 1,170 223.1
Isles of Scilly 0.0 0.0 2 68.7
Inner London 4 4 4 4
Avon 25.0 1.6 3,929 255.6
Bedfordshire 14.9 1.5 2,858 294.0
Berkshire 18.8 1.4 3,273 250.0
Buckinghamshire 22.8 2.1 3,802 344.6
Cambridgeshire 18.0 1.7 2,109 193.4
Cheshire 25.1 1.5 4,829 293.9
Cleveland 19.9 1.9 2,454 232.0
Cornwall 12.0 1.7 2,662 366.1
Cumbria 19.0 2.4 2,506 319.4
Derbyshire 29.0 1.9 5 5
Devon 24.5 1.6 4,824 313.9
Dorset 17.6 1.8 2,536 261.4
Durham 21.5 2.1 2,789 278.0
East Sussex 19.8 2.0 3,064 304.2
Essex 35.8 1.5 5,322 226.4
Gloucestershire 18.4 1.9 2,320 268.6
Hampshire 46.9 1.9 7,526 312.0
Hereford and Worcester 16.0 1.5 1,853 169.1
Hertfordshire 28.0 1.6 4,299 245.0
Humberside 21.0 1.4 2,751 186.4
Isle of Wight 3.0 1.6 436 227.4
Kent 42.1 1.7 6,347 248.8
Lancashire 43.5 1.9 7,518 324.3
Leicestershire 32.7 2.2 3,412 226.6
Lincolnshire 15.0 1.6 3,140 335.9
Norfolk 18.0 1.6 582 321.0
North Yorkshire 18.0 1.6 2,520 221.3
Northamptonshire 25.5 2.4 2,049 195.4
Northumberland 8.4 1.8 1,232 234.8
Nottinghamshire 28.6 1.7 1,836 110.6
Oxfordshire 14.5 1.6 1,653 180.3
Shropshire 11.6 1.7 2.221 324.0
Somerset 11.9 1.6 1,415 189.7

1994
Educational psychologists Children with statements1
Full-time equivalent per 10,000 pupils in schools2 Number3 per 10,000 pupils in schools2
Staffordshire 27.0 1.6 4,136 239.3
Suffolk 15.0 1.5 3,078 302.1
Surrey 27.2 1.7 4,673 298.7
Warwickshire 14.1 1.8 1,812 226.4
West Sussex 19.0 1.8 2,223 208.7
Wiltshire 14.0 1.6 3,087 344.5
England 1,514.2 1.9 192,308 243.8
1 Children with statements of special education needs maintained by the LEA.
2 Divisor includes pupils of all ages in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special; independent and non-maintained special schools.
3 Derived from returns received from LEA's-Special Educational Needs Survey (SEN2). Includes children in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools; independent and non-maintained special schools and children being educated otherwise than in a school.
3Not applicable.
4Not available.

1995
Educational psychologists Children with statements1
Full-time equivalent per 10,000 pupils in schools2 Number3 per 10,000 pupils in schools2
Corporation of London 0.0 0.0 12 65.3
Camden 6.5 2.3 788 276.2
Greenwich 14.0 3.6 1,358 353.1
Hackney 8.3 2.8 1,038 348.1
Hammersmith and Fulham 6.5 3.2 580 288.0
Islington 8.0 3.2 849 341.9
Kensington and Chelsea 7.0 3.4 333 161.5
Lambeth 11.0 3.8 668 233.3
Lewisham 8.0 2.2 1,229 338.9
Southwark 10.0 2.6 1,111 286.6
Tower Hamlets 11.5 3.2 1,367 380.0
Wandsworth 10.7 3.2 1,088 320.6
Westminster 7.0 3.0 575 249.2
Barking and Dagenham 8.9 3.3 607 221.7
Barnet 13.0 2.6 1,141 225.0
Bexley 8.0 2.2 1,010 275.2
Brent 10.0 2.6 899 234.2
Bromley 10.0 2.2 1,312 282.1
Croydon 6.3 1.2 1,018 189.5
Ealing 7.3 1.6 1,118 239.7
Enfield 14.1 3.2 608 136.5
Haringey 14.8 4.4 822 246.8
Harrow 9.6 2.9 846 257.1
Havering 8.5 2.3 841 231.5
Hillingdon 11.4 2.9 1,201 302.7
Hounslow 7.6 2.1 1,052 293.8
Kingston upon Thames 4.0 1.8 528 233.2
Merton 3.6 1.3 796 294.1
Newham 10.7 2.5 1,063 243.9
Redbridge 7.4 1.9 792 200.2
Richmond upon Thames 6.0 2.3 527 201.8
Sutton 6.0 2.2 794 285.5
Waltham Forest 7.0 2.0 828 236.6
Birmingham 39.4 2.1 4,437 237.7
Coventry 13.0 2.4 1,051 197.6
Dudley 8.0 1.6 974 196.9
Sandwell 12.0 2.3 714 135.1
Solihull 9.0 2.4 786 205.4
Walsall 10.0 2.0 1,301 258.4
Wolverhampton 9.8 2.2 1,115 246.4
Knowsley 6.8 2.2 969 320.6
Liverpool 18.0 2.1 2,654 304.8
St. Helens 8.0 2.6 1,385 449.9
Sefton 11.0 2.1 1,339 257.7
Wirral 15.0 2.5 1,629 275.0
Bolton 8.4 1.7 1,051 214.1
Bury 6.5 2.1 1,210 388.0
Manchester 13.1 1.7 2,084 269.1

1995
Educational psychologists Children with statements1
Full-time equivalent per 10,000 pupils in schools2 Number3 per 10,000 pupils in schools2
Oldham 7.0 1.6 510 116.1
Rochdale 6.5 1.8 876 237.0
Salford 7.6 1.9 641 161.9
Stockport 11.7 2.4 1,421 290.5
Tameside 7.0 1.8 1,115 291.1
Trafford 4.0 1.1 750 199.1
Wigan 9.0 1.8 2,091 409.9
Barnsley 6.4 1.8 1,046 298.0
Doncaster 10.9 2.0 1,763 328.8
Rotherham 10.3 2.3 1,375 303.0
Sheffield 17.0 2.2 2,002 261.3
Bradford 19.5 2.1 1,736 183.5
Calderdale 9.4 2.7 696 196.7
Kirklees 18.5 2.8 2,242 337.0
Leeds 18.7 1.5 3,436 283.5
Wakefield 7.5 1.3 1,512 266.5
Gateshead 9.0 2.8 756 233.5
Newcastle upon Tyne 12.0 2.6 1,184 252.4
North Tyneside 8.8 2.6 956 287.0
South Tyneside 6.0 2.2 641 237.6
Sunderland 10.5 2.0 1,485 282.8
Isles of Scilly 0.0 0.0 5 176.7
Inner London 4 4 4 4
Avon 30.0 1.9 4,712 303.7
Bedfordshire 14.3 1.5 2,754 280.1
Berkshire 22.8 1.7 3,625 272.8
Buckinghamshire 23.2 2.1 3,929 349.1
Cambridgeshire 18.0 1.6 2,654 239.8
Cheshire 24.5 1.5 4,932 296.4
Cleveland 17.5 1.6 2,541 238.1
Cornwall 12.6 1.7 2,894 393.5
Cumbria 20.0 2.5 2,660 335.5
Derbyshire 28.6 1.9 5,311 344.5
Devon 31.5 2.0 4,964 316.3
Dorset 17.6 1.8 2,774 280.3
Durham 23.4 2.3 3,222 318.7
East Sussex 19.7 1.9 2,986 290.5
Essex 56.6 2.4 5,652 235.5
Gloucestershire 17.4 2.0 2,504 283.8
Hampshire 49.8 2.0 7,960 325.7
Hereford and Worcester 15.5 1.4 2,573 231.4
Hertfordshire 28.8 1.6 4,488 248.7
Humberside 26.0 1.7 3,298 220.7
Isle of Wight 3.5 1.8 516 265.8
Kent 48.2 1.9 7,122 274.3
Lancashire 48.1 2.0 8,110 344.8
Leicestershire 33.7 2.2 3,793 248.4
Lincolnshire 16.0 1.7 3,047 317.4
Norfolk 20.4 1.8 4,274 377.0
North Yorkshire 19.0 1.6 3,872 230.1
Northamptonshire 22.8 2.1 2,491 233.6
Northumberland 8.4 1.6 1,390 263.2
Nottinghamshire 28.6 1.7 1,803 107.1
Oxfordshire 14.0 1.5 1,703 180.8
Shropshire 13.0 1.9 2,401 343.6
Somerset 13.7 1.8 1,850 244.2
Staffordshire 27.0 1.5 4,894 268.1
Suffolk 16.5 1.6 3,251 312.8
Surrey 32.2 2.0 4,649 285.6
Warwickshire 14.9 1.8 1,977 244.0
West Sussex 17.8 1.6 2,715 249.5
Wiltshire 13.3 1.4 2,841 309.7
England 1,596.9 2.0 217,445 271.2
1 Children with statements of special education needs maintained by the LEA.
2Divisor includes pupils of all ages in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special; independent and non-maintained special schools.
3 Derived from returns received from LEA's-Special Educational Needs Survey (SEN2). Includes children in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools: independent and non-maintained special schools and children being educated otherwise than in a school.
4Not applicable.