§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate she has made of average local authority costs incurred in the statementing procedure for a child; and how many children were statemented in the last year for which figures are available.[24126]
§ Mrs. GillanIn 1994, the latest year for which information is currently available, local education authorities' returns indicate that statements were issued for the first time in respect of some 45,800 children. The Department does not collect information on the average cost of statutory assessments.