§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the percentage of children recorded as having special needs in primary schools in each council area in(a) 1995, (b) 1996, and (c) 1997. [1364]
§ Mr. WilsonThe percentage of children with Records of Needs in publicly-funded schools for 1995 and 1996 is as follows:-
Education authority 1995 1996 Aberdeen City 0.7 0.7 Aberdeenshire 0.8 0.7 Angus 1.6 1.5 Argyll and Bute 0.6 0.7 Clackmannanshire 0.5 0.4 Dumfries and Galloway 1.5 1.8 Dundee City 2.0 1.9 East Ayshire 1.4 1.2 East Dunbartonshire 0.3 0.3 East Lothian 0.7 0.7 East Renfrewshire 0.8 0.9 Edinburgh City 0.6 0.7 Falkirk 0.7 0.8 Fife 0.3 0.4 Glasgow City 0.7 0.6 Highland 1.8 1.6 Inverclyde 1.0 1.2 Midlothian 0.4 0.4 Moray 1.2 1.2 North Ayrshire 0.9 1.0 North Lanarkshire 0.7 0.6 Orkney Islands 0.4 0.5 Perth and Kinross 1.2 1.3 Renfrewshire 1.0 0.9 Scottish Borders 1.1 1.2 Shetland Islands 1.8 1.8 South Ayrshire 1.1 1.1 South Lanarkshire 0.7 0.7 Stirling 0.5 0.4 West Dunbartonshire 0.3 0.3 West Lothian 0.3 0.5 Western Isles 2.3 2.6 All Scotland 0.8 0.8 The information requested is collected each autumn as part of the Scotish Office Education and Industry Department's census of schools and information for 1997 is not yet available. The data for 1995 has been disaggregated from the returns compiled on the former regional council basis.