HC Deb 23 January 1998 vol 304 cc720-4W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list for each education authority the number and percentage of(a) primary and (b) secondary pupils statemented as having special needs. [23654]

Ms Estelle Morris

The information requested is shown in the following table.

Number1 and percentage of pupils with statements of special educational needs in maintained primary and secondary schools by Local Education Authority Area in England, January 1997
Primary schools Secondary schools
Number of pupils with statements Percentage of pupils with statements Number of pupils with statements Percentage of pupils with statements
Islington 382 2.4 268 3.5
Kensington and Chelsea 77 1.2 73 2.2
Lambeth 237 1.2 131 2.0
Lewisham 254 1.2 303 2.8
Southwark 398 1.7 231 2.5
Tower Hamlets 405 1.8 407 3.1
Wandsworth 194 1.1 239 2.6
Westminster 137 1.4 164 2.1
Barking and Dagenham 316 1.8 232 2.3
Barnet 279 1.1 360 1.8
Bexley 241 1.1 277 1.8
Brent 265 1.2 255 1.9
Bromley 735 3.0 420 2.3
Croydon 208 0.7 200 1.3
Ealing 221 0.8 167 1.2
Enfield 204 0.8 264 1.4
Haringey 257 1.2 193 1.9
Harrow 386 1.9 291 3.5
Havering 409 1.9 431 2.9
Hillingdon 285 1.3 426 2.8
Hounslow 240 1.2 316 2.1
Kingston upon Thames 164 1.4 155 1.9
Merton 245 1.5 213 2.8
Newham 469 1.6 578 3.7
Redbridge 128 0.6 197 1.2
Richmond upon Thames 145 1.2 208 2.7
Sutton 246 1.7 196 4.6
Waltham Forest 227 1.1 240 2.0
Birmingham 964 0.9 791 1.2
Coventry 193 0.6 196 1.0
Dudley 165 0.5 111 0.6
Sandwell 242 0.7 159 0.8
Solihull 195 0.9 256 1.8
Walsall 377 1.3 409 2.0
Wolverhampton 257 1.0 315 2.0
Knowsley 146 0.7 289 3.0
Liverpool 504 1.0 547 1.7
St. Helens 461 2.6 432 3.6
Sefton 373 1.3 503 2.6
Wirral 358 1.1 479 2.1
Bolton 413 1.4 473 2.7
Bury 247 1.4 424 3.8
Manchester 254 0.5 398 1.8
Oldham 106 0.4 101 0.6
Rochdale 132 0.6 196 1.5
Salford 219 0.9 210 1.7
Stockport 286 1.1 417 2.7
Tameside 323 1.4 305 2.1
Trafford 178 0.8 203 1.5
Wigan 457 1.5 721 3.6
Barnsley 428 1.9 473 3.7
Doncaster 939 3.0 772 3.7
Rotherham 438 1.7 310 1.6
Sheffield 736 1.6 709 2.6
Bradford 410 1.0 1,021 2.2
Calderdale 311 1.5 267 1.9
Kirklees 902 2.3 874 3.4
Leeds 1,418 2.0 1,322 3.0
Wakefield 514 1.6 420 2.1
Gateshead 173 0.9 146 1.2
Newcastle upon Tyne 221 1.0 198 1.1
North Tyneside 199 1.2 286 2.0
South Tyneside 163 1.0 143 1.5
Sunderland 428 1.4 392 2.0
Isles of Scilly 1 0.6 3 2.8
Bath and North East Somerset 248 1.9 254 2.2
City of Bristol 853 2.5 611 3.7
North Somerset 275 1.9 250 2.1
South Gloucestershire 364 1.6 387 2.5
Hartlepool 108 1.0 55 0.9

Number1 and percentage of pupils with statements of special educational needs in maintained primary and secondary schools by Local Education Authority Area in England, January 1997
Primary schools Secondary schools
Number of pupils with statements Percentage of pupils with statements Number of pupils with statements Percentage of pupils with statements
Middlesborough 107 0.6 223 2.6
Redcar and Cleveland 115 0.7 171 1.7
Stockton on Tees 296 1.4 188 1.5
City of Kingston upon Hull 351 1.2 356 2.4
East Riding of Yorkshire 263 1.0 357 1.7
North East Lincolnshire 214 1.2 232 2.1
North Lincolnshire 185 1.2 181 1.7
North Yorkshire 652 1.4 702 1.9
York 219 1.5 180 1.9
Bedfordshire 561 1.3 1,048 2.3
Berkshire 1,105 1.7 915 1.8
Buckinghamshire 1,157 1.7 876 2.3
Cambridge 1,107 1.8 929 2.2
Cheshire 1,740 1.9 1,869 2.8
Cornwall 1,268 3.0 1,497 5.0
Cumbria 1,246 2.8 1,210 3.7
Derbyshire 1,626 1.8 2,047 3.5
Devon 1,519 1.8 1,685 2.7
Dorset 526 1.1 703 1.6
Durham 1,134 2.0 1,090 2.9
East Sussex 764 1.4 740 2.0
Essex .1,361 1.0 1,373 1.4
Gloucestershire 627 1.4 743 2.1
Hampshire 1,358 1.0 1,813 2.1
Hereford and Worcester 704 1.3 982 2.1
Hertfordshire 1,286 1.4 1,523 2.1
Isle of Wight 105 1.4 211 1.9
Kent 1,979 1.4 2,529 2.4
Lancashire 2,562 1.9 3,106 3.6
Leicestershire 1,478 1.8 1,734 2.8
Lincolnshire 956 1.8 1,233 3.1
Norfolk 1,560 2.3 1,469 3.5
Northamptonshire 899 1.6 775 1.7
Northumberland 282 1.3 599 2.0
Nottinghamshire 381 0.4 286 0.4
Oxfordshire 535 1.2 785 2.1
Shropshire 885 2.3 1,150 4.4
Somerset 527 1.4 773 2.7
Staffordshire 1,085 1.1 1,522 2.1
Suffolk 750 1.6 1,697 3.4
Surrey 1,321 1.7 1,071 2.1
Warwickshire 468 1.1 543 1.8
West Sussex 735 1.3 927 2.3
Wiltshire 799 1.5 697 1.9
England 63,551 1.4 70,080 2.3
1 Includes full and part-time pupils.

n/a: not applicable.

Mr. Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many children are currently being taught in mainstream(a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and how many children in each category have statements of special education needs. [22870]

Mr. Byers

The latest available information is shown in the following table.

Number of pupils1 with statements of special educational needs

being taught in maintained2 primary and secondary schools in

England, January 1997

Pupils with statements All pupils
Primary schools 63,551 4,429,043
Secondary schools 70,080 3,041,584
1Includes full and part-time pupils.
2includes grant maintained schools.

Mr. Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many children are currently being taught in(a) grant-maintained and (b) grammar schools; and how many in each category have statements of special education needs. [22869]

Mr. Byers

The latest available information is shown in the following table.

Number of pupils1 with statements of special educational needs

being taught in grant maintained2 and grammar schools in

England, January 1997

Pupils with statements All pupils
Grant maintained schools 14,147 739,104
Grammar schools 172 128,712
1Includes full and part-time pupils.
2Includes grant maintained special schools.

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