HC Deb 28 April 2004 vol 420 cc1040-1W
Mr. Laurence Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children have received statements in Gloucestershire in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; what the figures are for other shire counties; and if he will make a statement. [168061]

Mr. Miliband

[holding answer 23 April 2004]: The information requested is shown in the table.

Number of children for whom statements were made for the first time. Position in January each year. Children for whom local education authorities maintain a statement of SEN
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Cambridgeshire1 547 725 603 633 583 3 3 3 3 3
Cambridgeshire2 3 3 3 3 3 334 394 356 385 299
Cheshire1 946 1,022 727 784 756 3 3 3 3 3
Cheshire2 3 3 3 3 3 421 446 436 459 482
Cornwall 445 515 491 488 463 499 374 395 355 437
Cumbria 829 515 402 420 416 436 356 272 356 346
Derbyshire1 4 779 1,025 843 3 3 3 3 3 3
Derbyshire2 3 3 3 3 426 783 592 719 572 472
Devon1 604 689 807 832 923 3 3 3 3 3
Devon2 3 3 3 3 3 369 432 401 347 300
Dorset1 496 605 202 351 3 3 3 3 3 3
Dorset2 3 3 3 3 303 219 251 301 297 164
Durham1 505 661 478 552 3 3 3 3 3 3
Durham2 3 3 3 3 483 510 551 578 461 160
EastSussex1 864 792 538 405 3 3 3 3 3 3
East Sussex2 3 3 3 3 251 245 362 291 264 304
Essex1 1,101 1,035 632 754 790 3 3 3 3 3
Essex2 3 3 3 3 3 521 612 546 591 609
Gloucestershire 454 518 358 459 311 344 503 414 458 372
Hampshire1 1,411 1,569 700 604 3 3 3 3 3 3
Hampshire2 3 3 3 3 507 673 537 488 583 609
Hertfordshire 785 1,146 864 802 801 395 441 376 455 530
Isles of Scilly 2 5 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 2
Kent1 1,308 1,302 1,480 1,241 1,271 3 3 3 3 3
Kent2 3 3 3 3 3 1,141 1,470 1,151 1,050 708
Lancashire1 1,468 1,816 2,253 1,704 1,661 3 3 3 3 3
Lancashire2 3 3 3 3 3 1,022 1,143 1,083 950 956
Leicestershire1 580 685 1,129 639 3 3 3 3 3 3
Leicestershire2 3 3 3 3 469 398 360 362 400 471
Lincolnshire 650 579 545 538 412 269 408 375 466 533
Norfolk 778 940 992 473 562 459 461 401 468 502
North Yorkshire1 470 466 551 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
North Yorkshire2 3 3 3 353 440 359 372 365 426 356
Northamptonshire 477 452 377 439 397 456 363 413 484 398
Nottinghamshire1 123 239 207 242 236 3 3 3 3 3
Nottinghamshire2 3 3 3 3 3 116 119 106 115 102
Oxfordshire 443 491 368 367 330 403 302 336 348 400
Shropshire1 354 455 521 473 495 3 3 3 3 3
Shropshire2 3 3 3 3 3 304 205 160 209 185
Somerset 379 511 534 305 233 233 219 202 168 75
Staffordshire1 895 990 614 847 3 3 3 3 3 3
Staffordshire2 3 3 3 3 4 896 1,078 654 850 759
Suffolk 522 737 430 461 312 494 489 562 494 444
Surrey 755 925 567 645 628 644 574 665 721 699
Warwickshire 552 607 326 283 365 394 351 339 290 325
West Sussex 592 673 654 591 685 686 461 497 521 497
Wiltshire1 333 228 351 419 3 3 3 3 3 3
Wiltshire2 3 3 3 3 398 222 223 230 251 226
1 Before local government reorganisation
2 After local government reorganisation
3 Not applicable
4 Not available
Source:
SEN2 Surveys