§ Mr. LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many schoolchildren were designated as having special educational needs in each of the last 10 years; if he will provide a breakdown as to their acuteness; and what proportion of those children have been educated at exclusively special educational needs schools in each of those years. [18146]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe following table shows the number of children with statements of SEN in January of the years 1991 to 1996 and expresses the number of children in maintained and non-maintained special schools at each January as a percentage of all children with statements. Information on the numbers of pupils with statements was collected from special schools for the first time in January 1991. Information on the full range of children with SEN, including those with less severe, needs who do not have a statement, is available only for January 1996, when the total number of children identified by schools as having SEN (including those with statements) was 1.2 million.
Pupils with statements of Special Educational Need in England: 1991 to 1996 Position in January each year All schools1 Special schools2 Per cent.3 1997 234,629 92,356 39 1996 227,324 93,268 41 1995 211,307 90,932 43 1994 194,541 88,511 45 1993 178,029 87,892 49 1992 160,759 84,132 52 1991 153,228 85,632 56 1 Includes pupils in nursery, primary, secondary, special and independent schools. Pupil Referral units and City Technology Colleges. 2 Includes pupils in maintained and non-maintained special schools but excludes pupils in Independent Special schools. 3 The number of pupils with statements in maintained and non-maintained special schools expressed as a proportion of the number of pupils with statements in all schools.