§ Mr. Owen PatersonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many children have been statemented in Shropshire in each of the last 10 years; [111662]
(2) how many children with statements of special educational needs in Shropshire were taught in (a) maintained special schools and (b) other maintained schools in the last 10 years. [111663]
§ Mr. MilibandThe available information is shown in the table.
Number of pupils with statements of special educational needs (SEN): Shropshire local education authority Pupils with statements of SEN January Total number of pupils Number of pupils in maintained special schools Number of pupils in other maintained schools1 Number of pupils in all other schools2 19943 2,288 504 1,609 175 19953 2,449 525 1,760 164 19963 2,662 578 1,927 157 19973 2,844 590 2,059 195 19983 2,906 610 2,139 157 19994 1,679 191 1,352 136 20004 1,667 190 1,327 150 20014 —5 —5 —5 —5 20024 1,501 206 1,132 163 20034 — — — — (Provisional) 1,462 216 1,091 155 1 Includes Maintained Nursery, Primary and Secondary Schools and Pupil Referral Units. 2 Includes independent schools, non-maintained special schools and City Technology Colleges. 3 Before local government reorganisation. Prior to 1999 Shropshire included Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin. 4 After local government reorganisation. Figures from 1999 onwards are not directly comparable to those for earlier years. 5Not available. SEN data for 2001 are known to be incomplete. Source:
Annual Schools' Census