Special Schools

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table showing for each local education authority in January 1986 the number of pupils at special schools and the percentage of the total school population in such schools; what information is available on the numbers of pupils at special schools with statements under the Education Act 1981; and if he will make a statement.

The number and percentage of the total school population, excluding independent schools, who are in special schools, for each local education authority in January 1986, are given in the table. The annual return of pupils in special schools does not distinguish pupils who have statements under the Education Act 1981 from other pupils.

	Number of pupils in special schools¹	Number of pupils² in primary, middle, secondary & special schools	Percentage
Barking	243	24,601	0·99
Barnet	437	40,668	1·07
Bexley	370	33,247	1·11
Brent	492	35,113	1·40
Bromley	478	37,924	1·26
Croydon	573	44,069	1·30
Ealing	580	38,051	1·52
Enfield	473	39,648	1·19
Haringey	381	27,123	1·40
Harrow	264	26,877	0·98
Havering	428	37,972	1·13
Hillingdon	498	34,054	1·46
Hounslow	577	32,329	1·78
Kingston Upon Thames	267	17,975	1·49
Merton	310	22,486	1·38
Newham	605	36,518	1·66
Redbridge	455	30,688	1·48
Richmond Upon Thames	172	16,712	10·3
Sutton	294	22,440	1·31
Waltham Forest	896	32,725	2·74
Birmingham	2,983	173,992	1·71
Coventry	921	50,563	1·82
Dudley	642	48,127	1·33
Sandwell	876	52,656	1·66
Solihull	386	35,320	1·09
Walsall	675	49,600	1·36
Wolverhampton	574	44,198	1·30
Knowsley	566	29,933	1·89
Liverpool	1,797	83,105	2·16
St. Helens	499	33,548	1·49
Sefton	667	47,959	1·39
Wirral	886	54,092	1·64
Bolton	584	46,225	1·26
Bury	274	27,521	1·00
Manchester	1,824	72,251	2·52
Oldham	680	39,465	1·72
Rochdale	590	36,658	1·61
Salford	844	38,767	2·18
Stockport	783	45,148	1·73
Tameside	356	36,970	0·96
Trafford	417	30,527	1·37
Wigan	780	55,249	1·41
Barnsley	331	37,920	0·87
Doncaster	994	51,717	1·92
Rotherham	629	45,610	1·38
Sheffield	1,096	79,219	1·38
Bradford	1,214	84,492	1·44
Calderdale	356	33,185	1·07
Kirklees	678	66,128	1·03
Leeds	2,016	113,267	1·78
Wakefield	771	52,168	1·48
Gateshead	541	32,400	1·67
Newcastle Upon Tyne	944	40,570	2·33
North Tyneside	557	32,105	1·73
South Tyneside	321	25,207	1·27
Sunderland	759	52,754	1·44
Isles of Scilly	0	278	0·00

	Number of pupils in special schools¹	Number of pupils² in primary, middle, secondary & special schools	Percentage
Inner London	7,082	285,440	2·48
Avon	2,282	136,753	1·67
Bedfordshire	1,171	85,713	1·37
Berkshire	1,864	109,534	1·70
Buckinghamshire	1,757	97,792	1·80
Cambridgeshire	1,370	97,906	1·40
Cheshire	1,794	154,866	1·16
Cleveland	1,787	105,590	1·69
Cornwall	313	69,264	0·45
Cumbria	585	76,746	0·76
Derbyshire	1,832	147,399	1·24
Devon	2,194	134,296	1·63
Dorset	1,283	81,561	1·57
Durham	1,119	97,794	1·14
East Sussex	1,813	83,550	2·17
Essex	3,335	234,760	1·42
Gloucestershire	1,389	77,000	1·80
Hampshire	4,227	221,445	1·91
Hereford and Worcestshire	1,506	99,350	1·52
Hertfordshire	2,406	156,176	1·54
Humberside	1,580	145,227	1·09
Isle of Wight	301	17,324	1·74
Kent	3,841	229,530	1·67
Lancashire	3,819	217,862	1·75
Leicestershire	1,327	142,149	0·93
Lincolnshire	1,206	86,073	1·40
Norfolk	990	105,999	0·93
North Yorkshire	1,357	102,688	1·32
Northamptonshire	1,486	95,489	1·56
Northumberland	617	49,988	1·23
Nottinghamshire	2,357	161,059	1·46
Oxfordshire	1,088	76,573	1·42

Local Education Authority	Assessments and placements during 1983¹	Statements made for the first time during the calendar year 1984	Statements made for the first time during the calendar year 1985
Barking	32	36	30
Barnet	50	116	120
Bexley	101	137	185
Brent	73	—	—
Bromley	65	64	200
Croydon	180	638	247
Ealing	163	485	240
Enfield	115	104	40
Haringey	80	62	63
Harrow	226	178	123
Havering	34	73	86
Hillingdon	59	23	33
Hounslow	244	13	479
Kingston-Upon-Thames	34	318	83
Merton	91	82	32
Newham	76	69	65
Redbridge	51	91	88
Richmond-upon-Thames	32	45	64
Sutton	111	152	215
Waltham Forest	89	74	48
Inner London	876	570	1,203
Birmingham	284	307	412
Coventry	91	129	110
Dudley	125	88	112
Hampshire	563	614	626
Hereford and Worcester	120	14	25
Hertfordshire	411	2,518	692
Humberside	217	347	222
Isle of Wight	79	303	55
Kent	549	2,117	806
Lancashire	735	1,089	657
Leicestershire	421	410	202

	Number of pupils in special schools¹	Number of pupils² in primary, middle, secondary & special schools	Percentage
Shropshire	811	64,336	1·26
Somerset	851	64,538	1·32
Staffordshire	2,197	166,350	1·32
Suffolk	821	93,118	0·88
Surrey	2,903	129,335	2·24
Warwickshire	1,528	75,986	2·01
West Sussex	1,266	92,886	1·36
Wiltshire	856	80,855	10·6
England	110,915	7,260,414	1·53
¹ This includes pupils with statements in hospital schools and all pupils (full and part time) in all other special schools.
² Full and part-time pupils.

Number of pupils in special schools as a percentage of these pupils plus the total of pupils in maintained primary, middle and secondary schools.

Volume 111: debated on Wednesday 25 February 1987