Education (Northampton)

HC Deb 18 March 2003 vol 401 cc649-50W

Mr. Ton Clarke

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how man children per 1,000 are issued with a statement of special needs in(a) Northamptonshire and (b) Northampton. [100806]

Mr. Miliband

The latest information available is shown in the table.

All schools: Pupils with statements of special educational needs January 2002
	Number on roll	Number of pupils with a statement of special educational needs	Number of pupils in every 1,000 with a statement of special educational needs1
Northampton, North	17,557	827	47
Northampton, South	18,387	418	23

All schools: Pupils with statements of special educational needs January 2002
	Number on roll	Number of pupils with a statement of special educational needs	Number of pupils in ever 1,000 with a statement of special educational needs1
Northamptonshire LEA	113,366	3,299	29
England	8,369,081	248,982	30
1 The number of pupils with statements expressed as a proportion of the number of pupils on roll.