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Education (Handicapped Pupils)

Volume 990: debated on Thursday 7 August 1980

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asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many handicapped pupils from Northern Ireland are being educated elsewhere in the United Kingdom; if he will give full details as to the nature of the tuition received, the location of the schools involved, the number attending each school and the total cost to each area board.

Thirty eight. The details are as follows:

Belfast Board
Laleham House school for delicate pupils, Kent3
St. Dominics Open Air School for delicate boys, Surrey6
Hethersett Vocational Centre for blind adolescents, Surrey2
St. Vincents Open Air School for delicate girls, Sussex1
Burwood Park school for deaf boys, Surrey1
Royal National College for the blind, Hereford1
Mary Hare Grammar School for the deaf, Berkshire1
St. Johns school for the deaf, Boston Spa, Yorkshire1
* Estimated cost £66,500
Western Board
Mary Hare Grammar school for the deaf, Berkshire1
Percy Hendley school for the physically handicapped, Northumberland1
Queen Alexandra College for the blind, Birmingham1
* Estimated cost £13,500
North Eastern Board
St. Dominics Open Air school for delicate boys, Surrey1
Royal National College for the blind, Hereford1
Mary Hare Grammar school for the deaf, Berkshire2
SchoolNo of pupils
1977–781978–791979–80
St. Joseph's School for deaf Boys, Cabra, Dublin7812
St. Mary's School for hearing impaired children, Cabra Dublin.141012
St. Joseph's School and Home for the blind, Drumcondra, Dublin232
St. Michael's School, Chapelizod, Co Dublin222
St. Mary's School for the visually impaired, Merrion Road, Dublin111
St. Augustine's Residential Special School, Blackrock, Co Dublin232
St. Raphael's, Celbridge, Co Kildare133
St. Joseph's Orthopaedic Hospital and Home, Mullingar, Westmeath111
Total303135

Hareward College for physically handicapped and delicate, Warwickshire2
National Star Centre for disabled youth, Gloucestershire1
Childrens Convalescent Home and School for delicate pupils, Chershire1

* Estimated cost £35,500

South Eastern Board

Mary Hare Grammar School for the deaf, Berkshire1
Corseford School for Spastic Children, Scotland1
Worcester College for the blind, Worcester1
Bedgeworth Court School for maladjusted boys, Cheltenham1
Chilton School for epileptic pupils, Liverpool1
Pilgrims School for delicate boys, Sussex1

* Estimated cost £31,500

Southern Board

Hethersett Vocational Centre for blind adolescents Surrey1
St. Roses School for physically handicapped, Gloucestershire1
Crowthorne School for the educationally sub-normal, Lanes1
Lingfield Hospital School for epileptic pupils, Surrey1
Derby College of Further Education, Derby/Royal School for the deaf, Derby1

* Estimated cost £25,000

* [Total estimated cost for 1980–81 school year]

The pupils receive a general education and a course of special education suitable to their particular handicaps.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many handicapped pupils from Northern Ireland were educated in each of the past three years in the Republic of Ireland; and what was the location of each school, the number attending each school and the total cost to each area board in the same period.

The tuition and boarding costs to each education and library board were as follows:

£
1977–78
Belfast5,036
North Eastern3,141
South Eastern1,137
Western7,460
Southern21,334
1978–79
Belfast4,277
North Eastern3,964
South Eastern3,712
Western7,463
Southern30,644
1979–80
Belfast3,992
North Eastern3,939
South Eastern4,375
Western15,603
Southern31,587