To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many schools in England and Wales, broken down by local education authority, there are where special educational needs children exceeded (a) 10 per cent., (b) 20 per cent., (c) 30 per cent., (d) 40 per cent., (e) 50 per cent. and (f) 60 per cent. of the total school population in the last year for which figures are available. [81608]
The information requested for England is shown in the table.For information for Wales, 1 refer my hon. Friend to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
Numbers of nursery, primary, secondary, pupil referral units and independent schools by percentage of pupils with special educational needs1,3 by local education authority area in England, January 1998
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Schools in England 2
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10 per cent. and over
| 20 per cent. and over
| 30 per cent. and over
| 40 per cent. and over
| 50 per cent. and over
| 60 per cent. and over
| |
| North Tyneside | 58 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| South Tyneside | 57 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sunderland | 104 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
North West and Merseyside
| 2,466 | 977 | 242 | 78 | 31 | 14 |
North West
| 2,005 | 765 | 176 | 51 | 22 | 8 |
| Cheshire | 359 | 125 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Cumbria | 244 | 84 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Bolton | 106 | 58 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Bury | 60 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manchester | 134 | 51 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Oldham | 69 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rochdale | 79 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Salford | 91 | 42 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Stockport | 102 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Tameside | 67 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trafford | 58 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wigan | 106 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lancashire | 530 | 209 | 48 | 20 | 9 | 3 |
Merseyside
| 461 | 212 | 66 | 27 | 9 | 6 |
| Knowsley | 64 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Liverpool | 183 | 102 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 4 |
| St. Helens | 38 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sefton | 78 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wirral | 98 | 37 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Yorkshire and Humber
| 1,729 | 624 | 184 | 52 | 21 | 9 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 89 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| City of Kingston-upon-Hull | 93 | 55 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 73 | 48 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| North Lincolnshire | 67 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| York | 63 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| North Yorkshire | 270 | 74 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barnsley | 38 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doncaster | 99 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Rotherham | 87 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sheffield | 149 | 73 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| Bradford | 197 | 71 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Calderdale | 73 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirklees | 125 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leeds | 209 | 87 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Wakefield | 97 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
East Midlands
| 1,661 | 659 | 208 | 53 | 16 | 11 |
| Derby | 69 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 239 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leicester City | 99 | 54 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Rutland | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leicestershire | 238 | 72 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 280 | 95 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Northamptonshire | 311 | 179 | 75 | 18 | 3 | 1 |
| Nottinghamshire | 406 | 196 | 63 | 18 | 8 | 7 |
West Midlands
| 1,899 | 843 | 285 | 108 | 43 | 30 |
| Hereford and Worcester | 296 | 97 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 8 |
| Shropshire | 228 | 94 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Stoke | 57 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Staffordshire | 143 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Warwickshire | 234 | 153 | 58 | 21 | 6 | 3 |
| Birmingham | 364 | 170 | 52 | 14 | 6 | 4 |
| Coventry | 94 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Dudley | 87 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Sandwell | 130 | 93 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 3 |
| Solihull | 70 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Walsall | 85 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wolverhampton | 111 | 81 | 50 | 24 | 8 | 3 |
Eastern
| 2,134 | 866 | 265 | 75 | 35 | 21 |
| Luton | 64 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bedfordshire | 148 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 297 | 151 | 51 | 15 | 7 | 3 |
| Essex | 554 | 170 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| Hertfordshire | 458 | 238 | 86 | 18 | 6 | 3 |
Numbers of nursery, primary, secondary, pupil referral units and independent schools by percentage of pupils with special educational needs1,3 by local education authority area in England, January 1998
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Schools in England2
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10 per cent. and over
| 20 per cent. and over
| 30 per cent. and over
| 40 per cent. and over
| 50 per cent. and over
| 60 per cent. and over
| |
| Norfolk | 361 | 155 | 62 | 23 | 12 | 7 |
| Suffolk | 252 | 76 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
Greater London
| 2,205 | 1,161 | 356 | 122 | 58 | 33 |
Inner London
| 888 | 474 | 144 | 47 | 27 | 13 |
| City of London | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Camden | 55 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Hackney | 68 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 49 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Haringey | 81 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Islington | 68 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 38 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Lambeth | 86 | 46 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Lewisham | 84 | 57 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Newham | 66 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Southwark | 82 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tower Hamlets | 88 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Wandsworth | 75 | 47 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| Westminster | 47 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Outer London
| 1,317 | 687 | 212 | 75 | 31 | 20 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 45 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barnet | 116 | 81 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 2 |
| Bexley | 69 | 37 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| Brent | 64 | 39 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bromley | 77 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Croydon | 99 | 46 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Ealing | 77 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Enfield | 78 | 53 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
| Greenwich | 83 | 56 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Harrow | 59 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Havering | 71 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hillingdon | 81 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Hounslow | 73 | 44 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Kingston-upon-Thames | 43 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Merton | 54 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Redbridge | 55 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Richmond-upon-Thames | 44 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sutton | 48 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Waltham Forest | 81 | 59 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
South East
| 3,070 | 1,757 | 709 | 304 | 122 | 66 |
| Berkshire | 293 | 126 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Milton Keynes | 87 | 51 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Buckinghamshire | 183 | 69 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Brighton and Hove | 73 | 48 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| East Sussex | 187 | 98 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| Portsmouth | 58 | 46 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 |
| Southampton | 87 | 68 | 44 | 25 | 6 | 1 |
| Hampshire | 497 | 308 | 114 | 52 | 18 | 11 |
| Isle of Wight | 62 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Kent | 685 | 526 | 287 | 144 | 52 | 21 |
| Oxfordshire | 264 | 112 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 8 |
| Surrey | 319 | 135 | 52 | 18 | 11 | 8 |
| West Sussex | 275 | 132 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
South West
| 2,023 | 912 | 254 | 72 | 24 | 12 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 70 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| City of Bristol | 155 | 97 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 2 |
| North Somerset | 61 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| South Gloucesterhire | 95 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cornwall | 225 | 78 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Isles of Scilly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devon | 414 | 162 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| Bournemouth | 36 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Poole | 39 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Dorset | 180 | 125 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 2 |
| Gloucestershire | 256 | 113 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| Somerset | 238 | 100 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Swindon | 72 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Wiltshire | 180 | 77 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
1Number of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) expressed as a percentage of all pupils in each school. | ||||||
2Excludes Maintained and Non-Maintained Special Schools. | ||||||
3Excludes dually registered pupils. | ||||||