asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the latest figures for the number of places provided by each local education authority in England for ESN(M) children; and what proportion of the total school places in each authority's area this represents.
Complete information is not available for children assessed as ESN(M) and placed in ordinary classes in primary and secondary schools, but those in separate types of provision are given in the following table.
| ENGLAND—JANUARY 1977 | ||
| Local Education Authority | Number of ESN(M) Children (full-time) | Percentage of total school population (full-time) |
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| GREATER LONDON | ||
| Barking | 235 | 0·8 |
| Barnet | 228 | 0·4 |
| Bexley | 213 | 0·5 |
| Brent | 304 | 0·7 |
| Bromley | 407 | 0·7 |
| Croydon | 407 | 0·6 |
| Ealing | 329 | 0·6 |
| Enfield | 262 | 0·6 |
| Haringey | 271 | 0·7 |
| Harrow | 162 | 0·4 |
| Havering | 394 | 0·8 |
| Hillingdon | 306 | 0·7 |
| Hounslow | 245 | 0·7 |
| Kingston-upon-Thames | 150 | 0·7 |
| Merton | 210 | 0·7 |
| Newham | 305 | 0·7 |
| Redbridge | 200 | 0·5 |
| Richmond-upon-Thames | 174 | 0·7 |
| Sutton | 184 | 0·6 |
| Waltham Forest | 393 | 1·0 |
| Inner London | 3,992 | 1·0 |
Local Education Authority
| Number of ESN(M) Children (full-time)
| Percentage of total school population (full-time)
|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS | ||
West Midlands
| ||
| Birmingham | 1,066 | 0·5 |
| Coventry | 632 | 0·9 |
| Dudley | 441 | 0·8 |
| Sandwell | 575 | 0·9 |
| Solihull | 306 | 0·7 |
| Walsall | 470 | 0·8 |
| Wolverhampton | 436 | 0·8 |
Merseyside
| ||
| Knowsley | 450 | 1·0 |
| Liverpool | 958 | 0·8 |
| St. Helens | 373 | 0·9 |
| Sefton | 334 | 0·5 |
| Wirral | 378 | 0·5 |
Greater Manchester
| ||
| Bolton | 403 | 0·7 |
| Bury | 289 | 0·8 |
| Manchester | 1,317 | 1· |
| Oldham | 356 | 0·8 |
| Rochdale | 403 | 0·9 |
| Salford | 491 | 0·9 |
| Stockport | 442 | 0·7 |
| Tameside | 230 | 0·5 |
| Trafford | 346 | 0·8 |
| Wigan | 285 | 0·4 |
South Yorkshire
| ||
| Barnsley | 331 | 0·7 |
| Doncaster | 339 | 0·5 |
| Rotherham | 338 | 0·6 |
| Sheffield | 598 | 0·6 |
West Yorkshire
| ||
| Bradford | 1,018 | 1·1 |
| Calderdale | 182 | 0·5 |
| Kirklees | 502 | 0·7 |
| Leeds | 1,392 | 1·0 |
| Wakefield | 462 | 0·7 |
Tyne and Wear
| ||
| Gateshead | 313 | 0·7 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 799 | 1·4 |
| North Tyneside | 320 | 0·8 |
| South Tyneside | 224 | 0·7 |
| Sunderland | 569 | 0·9 |
| NON-METROPOLITAN COUNTIES | ||
| Isles of Scilly | 0 | 0 |
| Avon | 3,517 | 2·0 |
| Bedfordshire | 662 | 0·6 |
| Berkshire | 1,018 | 0·7 |
| Buckinghamshire | 1,096 | 1·0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 884 | 0·8 |
| Cheshire | 1,176 | 0·6 |
| Cleveland | 1,211 | 0·9 |
| Cornwall | 370 | 0·5 |
| Cumbria | 636 | 0·7 |
| Derbyshire | 1,326 | 0·8 |
| Devon | 1,275 | 0·8 |
| Dorset | 1,243 | 1·3 |
| Durham | 828 | 0·7 |
| East Sussex | 747 | 0·7 |
| Essex | 1,775 | 0·6 |
| Gloucestershire | 843 | 0·8 |
| Hampshire | 2,532 | 0·9 |
| Hereford and Worcester | 704 | 0·6 |
Local Education Authority
| Number of ESN(M) children (full-time)
| Percentage of total school population (full-time)
|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Hertfordshire | 1,160 | 0·6 |
| Humberside | 1,352 | 0·8 |
| Isle of Wight | 100 | 0·5 |
| Kent | 2,101 | 0·7 |
| Lancashire | 1,935 | 0·7 |
| Leicestershire | 578 | 0·3 |
| Lincolnshire | 1,003 | 1·0 |
| Norfolk | 419 | 0·3 |
| North Yorkshire | 524 | 0·4 |
| Northamptonshire | 708 | 0·7 |
| Northumberland | 437 | 0·8 |
| Nottinghamshire | 1,997 | 1·0 |
| Oxfordshire | 942 | 0·9 |
| Salop | 610 | 0·8 |
| Somerset | 664 | 0·8 |
| Staffordshire | 1,427 | 0·7 |
| Suffolk | 364 | 0·3 |
| Surrey | 1,363 | 0·7 |
| Warwickshire | 1,010 | 1·0 |
| West Sussex | 693 | 0·6 |
| Wiltshire | 768 | 0·7 |
| ENGLAND | 69,737 | 0·8 |