HC Deb 17 February 1997 vol 290 cc390-9W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what were(a) the number and (b) the percentage of children with statements of special need (i) in each local education authority area in England and (ii) in Total, in each year since 1992. [15481]

Mrs. Gillan

The information requested is shown in the table and is taken from the Department's statistical bulletin 12/97.

Pupils with statements by local education authority area in England: 1991 to 1993, January each year
1991 1992 1993
Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage
Solihull 34,475 509 1.5 35,359 607 1.7 36,329 643 1.8
Walsall 47,751 807 1.7 48,443 895 1.8 49,300 1,039 2.1
Wolverhampton 42,885 811 1.9 43,169 853 2.0 44,517 991 2.2
Knowsley 27,885 704 2.5 771 28,213 2.7 848 28,566 3.0
Liverpool 83,463 1,777 2.1 1,817 84,471 2.2 2,073 85,654 2.4
St. Helens 30,327 744 2.5 776 30,282 2.6 965 30,364 3.2
Sefton 49,475 1,093 2.2 1,110 49,859 2.2 1,195 50,388 2.4
Wirral 56,863 1,177 2.1 1,255 57,386 2.2 1,482 58,175 2.5
Bolton 46,458 677 1.5 642 46,825 1.4 811 47,480 1.7
Bury 28,777 720 2.5 796 29,182 2.7 892 29,854 3.0
Manchester 74,651 969 1.3 75,588 815 1.1 76,543 1,071 1.4
Oldham 41,687 793 1.9 42,416 897 2.1 42,913 869 2.0
Rochdale 35,451 787 2.2 35,454 621 1.8 35,977 751 2,1
Salford 36,879 377 1.0 37,211 485 1.3 37,883 477 1.3
Stockport 45,908 1,264 2.8 46,790 1,427 3.0 47,414 1,462 3.1
Tameside 35,403 692 2.0 35,959 778 2.2 36,722 976 2.7
Trafford 34,026 700 2.1 34,926 673 1.9 35,665 698 2.0
Wigan 49,508 1,252 2.5 49,506 885 1.8 49,944 1,465 2.9

Pupils with statements by local education authority area in England: 1991 to 1993, January each year
1994 1995 1996
Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage
Corporation of London 1,833 2 0.1 1,839 0 0.0 1,827 2 0.1
Camden 27,996 684 2.4 28,535 837 2.9 29,127 955 3.3
Greenwich 38,267 1,157 3.0 38,454 1,369 3.6 39,021 1,391 3.6
Hackney 28,414 881 3.1 29,818 877 2.9 29,841 865 2.9
Hammersmith 19,692 581 3.0 20,136 662 3.3 19,965 703 3.5
Islington 24,051 752 3.1 24,832 827 3.3 25,183 887 3.5
Kensington and Chelsea 20,455 202 1.0 20,619 242 1.2 21,028 258 1.2
Lambeth 28,283 818 2.9 28,633 848 3.0 28,782 835 2.9
Lewisham 35,623 919 26 36,265 1,050 2.9 36,270 1,090 3.0
Southwark 38,533 785 2.0 38,766 929 2.4 38,888 1,029 2.6
Tower Hamlets 35,086 901 2.6 35,974 1,089 3.0 36,712 1,252 3.4
Wandsworth 33,050 1,148 3.5 33,941 1,220 3.6 35,037 1,288 3.7
Westminster 22,850 289 1.3 23,075 373 1.6 23,036 403 1.7
Barking 26,030 445 1.7 27,382 559 2.0 27,817 630 2.3
Barnet 49,514 748 1.5 50,722 915 1.8 51,193 972 1.9
Bexley 35,060 787 2.2 36,700 858 2.3 37,709 857 2.3
Brent 37,744 685 1.8 38,388 736 1.9 38,752 892 2.3
Bromley 45,256 1,029 2.3 46,504 1,221 2.6 47,589 1,426 3.0
Croydon 51,859 818 1.6 53,711 864 1.6 54,940 905 1.6
Ealing 45,567 1,034 2.5 46,642 755 1.6 47,841 876 1.8
Enfield 43,419 382 0.9 44,555 666 1.5 45,903 904 2.0
Haringey 32,043 539 1.7 33,312 627 1.9 34,406 821 2.4
Harrow 32,592 649 2.0 32,900 643 2.0 33,255 810 2.4
Havering 35,935 729 2.0 36,330 810 2.2 36,421 971 2.7
Hillingdon 38,578 888 2.3 39,672 1,135 2.9 40,781 1,207 3.0
Hounslow 35,220 1,034 2.9 35,801 1,012 2.8 36,188 1,007 2.8
Kingston upon Thames 22,205 473 2.1 22,641 507 2.2 23,100 551 2.4
Merton 26,619 573 2.2 27,000 551 2.0 27,512 708 2.6
Newham 41,028 381 2.0 43,588 990 2.3 44,625 1,121 2.5
Redbridge 39,140 617 1.6 39,554 676 1.7 40,978 718 1.8
Richmond upon Thames 25,663 434 1.7 26,121 497 1.9 26,778 482 1.8
Sutton 27,040 662 2.4 27,806 694 2.5 28,460 763 2.7
Waltham Forest 34,218 862 2.5 34,990 986 2.8 35,859 1,117 3.1
Birmingham 184,475 3,954 2.1 186,688 4,327 2.3 189,079 4,475 2.4
Coventry 52,680 1,049 2.0 53,180 1,084 2.0 53,453 1,152 2.2
Dudley 48,735 863 1.8 49,475 923 1.9 50,313 971 1.9
Sandwell 51,927 710 1.4 52,869 814 1.5 53,244 961 1.8
Solihull 37,119 693 1.9 38,268 746 1.9 39,145 775 2.0
Walsall 49,932 1,122 2.2 50,357 1,294 2.6 50,637 1,369 2.7
Wolverhampton 44,826 1,034 2.3 45,245 1,095 2.4 45,477 1,089 2.4
Knowsley 837 28,723 2.9 910 30,225 3.0 30,281 963 3.2
Liverpool 2,276 87,701 2.6 2,512 87,081 2.9 87,467 2,494 2.9

Pupils with statements by local education authority area in England: 1991 to 1993, January each year
1994 1995 1996
Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage
St. Helens 1,211 30,601 4.0 1,430 30,786 4.6 30,933 1,399 4.5
Sefton 1,384 51,020 2.7 1,468 51,960 2.8 52,279 1,495 2.9
Wirral 1,487 58,859 2.5 1,570 59,244 2.7 59,599 1,808 3.0
Bolton 899 48,334 1.9 1,054 49,081 2.1 49,768 1,234 2.5
Bury 967 30,557 3.2 1,042 31,188 3.3 31,882 1,041 3.3
Manchester 76,854 1,156 1.5 77,449 1,523 2.0 77,328 1,798 2.3
Oldham 43,513 615 1.4 43,941 607 1.4 44,198 628 1.4
Rochdale 36,542 759 2.1 36,958 876 2.4 37,420 832 2.2
Salford 38,550 666 1.7 39,602 723 1.8 40,006 668 1.7
Stockport 48,201 1,545 3.2 48,917 1,536 3.1 48,550 1,464 3.0
Tameside 37,600 949 2.5 38,308 1,034 2.7 38,803 1,048 2.7
Trafford 36,701 716 2.0 37,662 742 2.0 38,663 795 2.1
Wigan 50,621 1,719 3.4 51,015 1,933 3.8 51,321 2,112 4.1

Pupils with statements by local education authority area in England: 1991 to 1993, January each year
1991 1992 1993
Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage
Barnsley 33,700 432 1.3 33,752 491 1.5 34,221 632 1.8
Doncaster 50,812 1,122 2.2 51,675 1,198 2.3 52,278 1,298 2.5
Rotherham 42,518 909 2.1 42,848 1,095 2.6 43,587 1,172 2.7
Sheffield 72,638 1,384 1.9 73,447 1,473 2.0 74,487 1,503 2.0
Bradford 88,304 1,155 1.3 89,861 1,123 1.2 92,063 1,317 1.4
Calderdale 33,261 454 1.4 33,679 456 1.4 34,345 506 1.5
Kirklees 63,122 1,347 2.1 63,628 1,455 2.3 64,240 1,583 2.5
Leeds 111,961 2,837 2.5 113,725 2,861 2.5 115,990 2,997 2.6
Wakefield 53,083 751 1.4 53,687 848 1.6 54,520 806 1.5
Gateshead 30,972 439 1.4 31,225 452 1.4 31,711 440 1.4
Newcastle upon Tyne 45,610 1,081 2.4 46,011 1,136 2.5 46,367 1,097 2.4
North Tyneside 31,963 806 2.5 32,257 893 2.8 32,620 954 2.9
South Tyneside 25,280 485 1.9 25,682 553 2.2 26,125 564 2.2
Sunderland 50,765 994 2.0 51,122 1,080 2.1 51,762 1,194 2.3
Isles of Scilly 285 0 0.0 285 0 0.0 282 1 0.4
Avon 146,887 3,188 2.2 149,357 3,253 2.2 151,664 3,559 2.3
Bedfordshire 91,734 1,656 1.8 93,252 1,777 1.9 95,048 2,100 2.2
Berkshire 126,551 2,430 1.9 127,448 2,897 2.3 128,493 3,190 2.5
Buckinghamshire 105,522 2,901 2.7 106,681 2,969 2.8 108,659 3,371 3.1
Cambridgeshire 104,505 1,821 1.7 106,076 1,751 1.7 107,607 1,893 1.8
Cheshire 159,960 3,815 2.4 160,405 3,969 2.5 162,217 4,215 2.6
Cleveland 102,308 2,239 2.2 103,767 2,181 2.1 104,718 2,278 2.2
Cornwall 70,717 1,887 2.7 71,254 2,076 2.9 72,407 2,463 3.4
Cumbria 76,692 1,866 2.4 77,123 2,038 2.6 77,872 2,592 3.3
Derbyshire 147,040 3,972 2.7 147,790 3,758 2.5 149,862 4,429 3.0
Devon 147,151 4,686 3.2 148,708 5,116 3.4 151,459 5,037 3.3
Dorset 92,913 1,898 2.0 93,682 2,029 2.2 95,282 2,203 2.3
Durham 96,845 1,576 1.6 98,148 1,782 1.8 99,214 2,070 2.1
East Sussex 94,797 2,292 2.4 96,091 2,358 2.5 98,284 2,696 2.7
Essex 228,740 4,432 1.9 229,755 4,234 1.8 231,780 4,623 2.0
Gloucestershire 83,136 1,234 1.5 83,643 1,558 1.9 85,011 1,814 2.1
Hampshire 224,906 5,947 2.6 226,686 6,072 2.7 230,973 6,810 2.9
Hereford and Worcester 106,503 1,374 1.3 107,057 1,430 1.3 107,726 1,977 1.8
Hertfordshire 167,789 3,474 2.1 169,753 3,639 2.1 172,273 3,963 2.3
Humberside 141,629 2,010 1.4 143,028 2,206 1.5 145,645 2,450 1.7
Isle of Wight 18,759 382 2.0 18,800 391 2.1 19,005 409 2.2
Kent 243,963 5,045 2.1 247,446 5,533 2.2 251,214 5,975 2.4
Lancashire 223,285 5,208 2.3 224,843 5,779 2.6 227,866 6,460 2.8
Leicestershire 144,845 2,305 1.6 146,193 2,634 1.8 148,013 2,973 2.0
Lincolnshire 88,905 2,123 2.4 2,323 89,967 2.6 2,567 91,813 2.8
Norfolk 107,913 2,786 2.6 108,875 2,818 2.6 110,573 3,121 2.8
North Yorkshire 108,553 2,156 2.0 109,866 2,222 2.0 112,214 2,356 2.1
Northamptonshire 100,293 1,656 1.7 101,669 1,737 1.7 103,060 1,817 1.8
Northumberland 50,315 946 1.9 51,228 977 1.9 52,155 1,093 2.1
Nottinghamshire 159,394 2,192 1.4 160,785 2,051 1.3 163,363 1,988 1.2
Oxfordshire 87,580 974 1.1 88,403 1,074 1.2 89,774 1,294 1.4
Shropshire 65,741 1,906 2.9 65,656 2,099 3.2 67,169 2,187 3.3

Pupils with statements by local education authority area in England: 1991 to 1993, January each year
1991 1992 1993
Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage
Somerset 71,507 1,541 2.2 72,253 1,597 2.2 73,260 1,751 2.4
Staffordshire 165,583 3,078 1.9 167,633 3,043 1.8 170,542 3,751 2.2
Suffolk 98,480 2,416 2.5 99,680 2,819 2.8 100,542 3,069 3.1
Surrey 152,032 4,130 2.7 152,303 4,414 2.9 153,063 4,705 3.1
Warwickshire 77,507 1,478 1.9 78,020 1,430 1.8 79,107 1,609 2.0
West Sussex 100,917 1,526 1.5 102,568 1,629 1.6 104,485 2,069 2.0
Wiltshire 84,017 2,736 3.3 85,328 2,964 3.5 87,914 3,138 3.6
England 7,536,603 153,228 2.0 7,626,159 160,759 2.1 7,748,678 178,029 2.3

Pupils with statements by local education authority area in England: 1994 to 1996, January each year
1994 1995 1996
Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage
Barnsley 34,639 786 2.3 35,096 996 2.8 35,313 1,054 3.0
Doncaster 52,987 1,507 2.8 53,620 1,931 3.6 53,806 2,470 4.6
Rotherham 44,425 1,284 2.9 45,375 1,374 3.0 45,998 1,463 3.2
Sheffield 75,538 1,635 2.2 76,604 1,761 2.3 77,529 1,848 2.4
Bradford 93,499 1,577 1.7 94,595 1,639 1.7 94,884 2,076 2.2
Calderdale 34,734 591 1.7 35,383 679 1.9 35,726 821 2.3
Kirklees 65,795 1,952 3.0 66,532 2,113 3.2 66,928 2,244 3.4
Leeds 119,443 3,295 2.8 121,193 3,510 2.9 121,807 3,896 3.2
Wakefield 55,456 1,117 2.0 56,730 1,244 2.2 57,304 1,458 2.5
Gateshead 32,033 511 1.6 32,378 588 1.8 32,695 653 2.0
Newcastle
upon Tyne 46,507 1,241 2.7 46,901 1,259 2.7 46,843 1,260 2.7
North
Tyneside 32,814 994 3.0 33,309 1,035 3.1 33,294 1,015 3.0
South Tyneside 26,455 569 2.2 26,980 656 2.4 27,084 713 2.6
Sunderland 52,442 1,327 2.5 52,511 1,561 3.0 52,657 1,785 3.4
Isles of Scilly 291 0 0.0 283 4 1.4 265 4 1.5
Aaron 153,705 3,805 2.5 155,145 4,341 2.8 156,555 4,817 3.1
Bedfordshire 97,196 2,513 2.6 98,333 2,425 2.5 99,269 2,736 2.8
Berkshire 130,925 3,371 2.6 132,885 3,591 2.7 134,615 3,849 2.9
Buckinghamshire 110,372 3,592 3.3 112,555 3,336 3.0 114,247 3,703 3.2
Cambridgeshire 109,051 2,273 2.1 110,671 2,718 2.5 111,848 3,060 2.7
Cheshire 164,329 4,630 2.8 166,375 5,140 3.1 167,965 5,354 3.2
Cleveland 105,780 2,360 2.2 106,710 2,524 2.4 107,342 2,744 2.6
Cornwall 72,718 2,759 3.8 73,548 2,908 4.0 74,256 3,113 4.2
Cumbria 78,464 3,070 3.9 79,292 3,205 4.0 80,636 3,222 4.0
Derbyshire 151,995 4,810 3.2 154,152 5,251 3.4 156,541 5,360 3.4
Devon 153,703 5,317 3.5 156,946 5,338 3.4 158,983 5,497 3.5
Dorset 97,002 2,419 2.5 98,982 2,470 2.5 100,601 2,477 2.5
Durham 100,307 2,486 2.5 101,089 2,942 2.9 101,447 3,264 3.2
East Sussex 100,729 3,106 3.1 102,771 3,534 3.4 104,728 3,619 3.5
Essex 235,028 5,208 2.2 240,015 5,492 2.3 244,362 5,536 2.3
Gloucestershire 86,389 2,157 2.5 88,238 2,282 2.6 89,539 2,481 2.8
Hampshire 241,202 7,374 3.1 244,391 7,739 3.2 247,911 7,454 3.0
Hereford and Worcester 109,605 2,121 1.9 111,176 2,608 2.3 111,720 3,110 2.8
Hertfordshire 175,448 4,231 2.4 179,547 4,599 2.6 183,009 4,881 2.7
Humberside 147,616 2,719 1.8 149,402 3,222 2.2 151,089 3,352 2.2
Isle of Wight 19,173 313 1.6 19,415 487 2.5 19,581 594 3.0
Kent 255,085 6,513 2.6 259,604 7,256 2.8 262,785 7,844 3.0
Lancashire 231,773 7,183 3.1 235,187 7,815 3.3 237,413 8,472 3.6
Leicestershire 150,601 3,274 2.2 152,673 3,683 2.4 154,219 4,291 2.8
Lincolnshire 2,820 93,475 3.0 3,048 95,993 3.2 97,785 3,180 3.3
Norfolk 111,581 3,589 3.2 113,356 3,759 3.3 114,012 4,368 3.8
North Yorkshire 113,893 2,508 2.2 116,138 2,616 2.3 117,701 2,787 2.4
Northamptonshire 104,885 2,117 2.0 106,641 2,316 2.2 108,468 2,561 2.4
Northumberland 52,469 1,211 2.3 52,820 1,155 2.2 53,001 1,416 2.7
Nottinghamshire 166,054 1,896 1.1 168,405 1,932 1.1 170,543 2,011 1.2
Oxfordshire 91,819 1,646 1.8 94,184 1,875 2.0 95,946 2,157 2.2
Shropshire 68,547 2,288 3.3 69,875 2,449 3.5 70,881 2,662 3.8
Somerset 74,611 1,876 2.5 75,761 1,974 2.6 76,605 2,234 2.9
Staffordshire 172,827 3,806 2.2 175,101 4,543 2.6 177,041 4,864 2.7
Suffolk 101,885 3,149 3.1 103,934 3,049 2.9 104,967 3,473 3.3
Surrey 156,433 4,669 3.0 162,758 5,074 3.1 166,114 5,156 3.1
Warwickshire 80,023 1,773 2.2 81,038 1,771 2.2 81,933 2,006 2.4

Pupils with statements by local education authority area in England: 1994 to 1996, January each year
1994 1995 1996
Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage Total pupils Pupils with statements Percentage
West Sussex 106,535 2,409 2.3 108,797 2,598 2.4 110,297 3,129 2.8
Wiltshire 89,610 2,845 3.2 91,732 2,624 2.9 93,774 2,463 2.6
England 7,882,835 194,541 2.5 8,017,830 211,307 2.6 8,116,532 227,324 2.8

1. Figures are taken from schools' returns under the annual schools census. They include all nursery, primary, middle, secondary and special schools, city technology colleges and pupil referral units; including maintained, grant-maintained, non-maintained and independent schools.

2. The table shows numbers and percentages of pupils educated in schools in each LEA area. For any particular LEA, this will include pupils with statements placed by other LEAs, and exclude such pupils placed by the LEA in other areas.

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many appeal hearings have been considered by the special educational needs tribunal(a) in respect of each local education authority in England and (b) in Total, in each year since the tribunal began operating. [15480]

Mrs. Gillan

The tribunal maintains records of the number of appeals registered-and decisions issued-rather than the number of appeal hearings.

The number of appeals registered for individual LEAs is set out in the table: 1,092 appeals against decisions by English LEAs were registered in 1994–95 and 1,551 in 1995–96. Some 40 per cent. of all appeals registered to date have been withdrawn before a hearing.

Appeals registered from 1 September 1994 to 31 August 1996
1994–95 Number of appeals 1995–96 Number of appeals
Avon1 18 38
Barking and Dagenham 1 5
Barnet 23 25
Barnsley 2 4
Bedfordshire 20 29
Berkshire 20 27
Bexley 15 20
Birmingham 8 5
Bolton 4 3
Bradford 3 17
Brent 7 13
Bromley 1 7
Buckinghamshire 6 15
Bury 5 11
Calderdale 4 3
Cambridge 6 20
Camden 7 25
Cheshire 40 34
City of London 0 0
Cleveland1 0 1
Cornwall 5 13
Coventry 2 1
Croydon 5 6
Cumbria 30 37
Derbyshire 4 5
Devon 13 19
Doncaster 5
Dorset 22 18
Dudley 13 14
Durham 0 8
Ealing 22 37
East Sussex 51 61
Enfield 7 6
Essex 44 72
Gateshead 0 1
Gloucestershire 18 10
Greenwich 12 20
Hackney 5 8
Appeals registered from 1 September 1994 to 31 August 1996
1994–95 Number of appeals 1995–96 Number of appeals
Hammersmith and Fulham 3 9
Hampshire 62 52
Haringey 10 10
Harrow 12 6
Havering 2 12
Hereford and Worcester 5 26
Hertfordshire 20 34
Hillingdon 7 3
Hounslow 6 7
Humberside1 58 53
Isle of Wight 0 3
Isles of Scilly 0 0
Islington 6 6
Kensington and Chelsea 4 5
Kent 38 56
Kingston upon Thames 3 13
Kirklees 5 8
Knowsley 1 0
Lambeth 6 10
Lancashire 15 20
Leeds 9 22
Leicestershire 6 26
Lewisham 5 25
Lincolnshire 8 19
Liverpool 7 14
Manchester 6 20
Merton 23 13
Newcastle upon Tyne 3 7
Newham 9 12
Norfolk 18 16
North Tyneside 4 9
North Yorkshire1 10 11
Northamptonshire 11 12
Northumberland 2 1
Nottinghamshire 11 23
Oldham 1 0
Oxfordshire 7 8
Redbridge 14 13
Richmond upon Thames 12 14
Rochdale 0 9
Rotherham 3 3
Salford 1 2
Sandwell 0 4
Sefton 13 11
Sheffield 4 12
Shropshire 3 6
Solihull 7 14
Somerset 7 18
South Tyneside 1 0
Southwark 7 4
St. Helens 1 4
Staffordshire 23 25
Stockport 6 3
Suffolk 15 20
Sunderland 4 6
Surrey 25 38
Sutton 0 4
Appeals registered from 1 September 1994 to 31 August 1996
1994–95 1995–96
Tameside 1 2
Tower Hamlets 0 0
Trafford 3 4
Wakefield 4 10
Walsall 5 7
Waltham Forest 6 9
Wandsworth 23 17
Warwickshire 10 13
West Sussex 22 33
Westminster 3 4
Wigan 2 0
Wiltshire 3 8
Wirral 10 18
Wolverhampton 1 2
1 These figures include appeals registered against the new authorities created on 1 April 1996.