HC Deb 08 April 2003 vol 403 cc187-8W
Mr. Norman

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schoolchildren in Kent were classified as special needs pupils in each of the past five years. [105862]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The information requested is shown in the table.

All schools: Number of pupils with special educational needs (SEN): 1998–2002 Position in January each year
Kent local education authority
Number of pupils with statements of SEN1 Percentage of pupils with statements of SEN2 Number of pupils with SEN without a statement1 Percentage of pupils with SEN without a statement2
19983 8,591 3.2 64,319 23.9
1999 7,587 3.4 55,209 24.4
2000 8,030 3.5 55,627 24.3
20014 8,375 3.6 55,195 23.9
20025 8,318 3.6 42,471 18.3

1 Excludes dually registered pupils.

2 The number of pupils with and without statements expressed as a proportion of the number of pupils on roll.

3 Before local government reorganisation (includes Medway).

4 Estimates were made for 2001 because the data for SEN are known to be incomplete.

Schools 2002', which is available on the Department's website www.dfes.gov.uk/statistics and from the Library.