asked the Minister of Education what facilities have been provided and what provision is contemplated for training backward children in the northwestern area of Kent.

There is a day special school in this part of Kent with accommodation for some 25 educationally sub- normal children, and a further 46 are at present attending day special schools in the neighbouring parts of the L.C.C. area. The Kent authority also maintain two boarding special schools to which educationally sub-normal children are sent from all parts of the country. There development plan includes proposals to enlarge these boarding schools and to provide a new day school in N.W. Kent for 120 educationally sub-normal boys and girls.

asked the Minister of Education how many backward children are on the waiting list in the northwestern area of Kent because of the limited accommodation for such children.

In the area of the Divisional Executive for North-West Kent there are 138 educationally sub-normal children awaiting places in special schools.