§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the maintained special schools in the United Kingdom, by local education authority, and indicate the special educational needs for which each school caters. [46427]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe special schools maintained by each local education authority in England have been listed in a table, copies of which have been placed in the Library.
The list is drawn from schools' returns to the Department in January 1998. These returns include updated information about schools' specialisms; this has not yet been analysed, but I will write to the hon. Member with further information as soon as possible.
Information about special schools in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is the responsibility of my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland, for Wales and for Northern Ireland.