To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children are enrolled in special needs education establishments; and how many schools with special needs provision there are (a) in England and Wales and (b) in each local education authority. [96625]
The information requested has been placed in the Libraries.The information provided includes the number of special schools and the number of pupils in those schools. It also includes the number of pupils with a statement of Special Education Needs (SEN) and the number of pupils with SEN, but without a statement in maintained primary and secondary schools. In keeping with the SEN Code of Practice 2001 the special educational needs of children will normally be met in mainstream schools or settings.For information on Wales I refer the hon. Member to the Welsh Assembly.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the annual total cost is of special needs education in England and Wales, broken down by local education authority. [96626]
The information requested is not held by the Department in this form. The following table details the amount each LEA spends on SEN funding as reported in its Section 52 BudgetStatement. This includes the LEA central spend and the amount delegated to schools that is notionally for SEN. Information is also given showing how much each LEA receives through SEN Standards Fund grant:Funding provided by LEAs for SEN in England in 2002–03All figures as reported by LEAs through their Section 52 budget statements at 6 February 2003.
| LEA Number: | LEA Name: | Total funding for SEN1,2 | SEN Standards Fund (£) |
| 201 | City of London | 236,600 | 3,473 |
| 202 | Camden | 15,641,127 | 356,966 |
| 203 | Greenwich | 22,178,180 | 548,289 |
| 204 | Hackney | 16,777,833 | 446,394 |
| 205 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 10,181,377 | 284,832 |
| 206 | Islington | 13,071,992 | 412,874 |
| 207 | Kensington and Chelsea | 6,711,499 | 172,389 |
| 208 | Lambeth | 20,863,299 | 462,390 |
| 209 | Lewisham | 15,200,492 | 523,992 |
| 210 | Southwark | 19,204,289 | 593,172 |
| 211 | Tower Hamlets | 22,053,375 | 756,602 |
| 212 | Wandsworth | 23,631,595 | 401,719 |
| 213 | Westminster | 8,419,270 | 284,850 |
| 301 | Barking and Dagenham | 11,060,380 | 392,638 |
| 302 | Barnet | 27,766,463 | 555,785 |
| 303 | Bexley | 17,184,898 | 445,489 |
| 304 | Brent | 16,728,644 | 515,926 |
| 305 | Bromley | 16,876,550 | 514,196 |
| 306 | Croydon | 23,125,421 | 624,552 |
| 307 | Ealing | 22,031,735 | 578,333 |
| 308 | Enfield | 19,108,245 | 608,760 |
| 309 | Haringey | 21,606,606 | 552,293 |
| 310 | Harrow | 13,115,046 | 322,654 |
| 311 | Havering | 9,678,197 | 397,584 |
| 312 | Hillingdon | 19,577,874 | 457,857 |
| 313 | Hounslow | 16,092,095 | 449,613 |
| 314 | Kingston upon Thames | 10,551,892 | 202,323 |
| 315 | Merton | 12,966,936 | 265,064 |
| 316 | Newham | 23,767,278 | 774,089 |
| 317 | Redbridge | 14,878,819 | 487,733 |
| 318 | Richmond upon Thames | 7,598,885 | 214,613 |
| 319 | Sutton | 14,685,590 | 305,375 |
| 320 | Waltham Forest | 22,874,896 | 500,193 |
LEA Number:
| LEA Name:
| Total funding for SEN 1,2
| SEN Standards Fund (£)
|
| 330 | Birmingham | 101,417,436 | 2,585,541 |
| 331 | Coventry | 19,653,653 | 625,665 |
| 332 | Dudley | 17,254,425 | 583,112 |
| 333 | Sandwell | 18,966,621 | 673,797 |
| 334 | Solihull | 11,245,334 | 409,502 |
| 335 | Walsall | 18,705,987 | 589,239 |
| 336 | Wolverhampton | 16,566,442 | 544,127 |
| 340 | Knowsley | 13,226,573 | 483,870 |
| 341 | Liverpool | 29,791,546 | 1,253,449 |
| 342 | St. Helens | 9,724,840 | 373,966 |
| 343 | Sefton | 16,038,519 | 589,487 |
| 344 | Wirral | 22,028,958 | 781,104 |
| 350 | Bolton | 16,513,091 | 556,148 |
| 351 | Bury | 11,461,352 | 326,055 |
| 352 | Manchester | 29,976,057 | 1,203,034 |
| 353 | Oldham | 13,791,650 | 543,617 |
| 354 | Rochdale | 13,843,454 | 490,952 |
| 355 | Salford | 15,900,945 | 510,802 |
| 356 | Stockport | 13,387,314 | 485,295 |
| 357 | Tameside | 10,108,375 | 473,930 |
| 358 | Trafford | 12,222,731 | 416,047 |
| 359 | Wigan | 19,073,439 | 591,448 |
| 370 | Barnsley | 11,641,026 | 452,304 |
| 371 | Doncaster | 15,626,470 | 638,822 |
| 372 | Rotherham | 17,802,382 | 553,637 |
| 373 | Sheffield | 21,226,585 | 973,164 |
| 380 | Bradford | 22,863,022 | 1,129,345 |
| 381 | Calderdale | 9,551,724 | 414,346 |
| 382 | Kirklees | 20,237,948 | 784,743 |
| 383 | Leeds | 43,069,380 | 1,398,372 |
| 384 | Wakefield | 14,993,699 | 630,932 |
| 390 | Gateshead | 10,953,161 | 394,233 |
| 391 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 15,272,962 | 578,462 |
| 392 | North Tyneside | 11,138,565 | 386,192 |
| 393 | South Tyneside | 17,575,930 | 346,625 |
| 394 | Sunderland | 11,873,978 | 720,548 |
| 420 | Isles Of Scilly | 56,840 | 2,516 |
| 800 | Bath and North East Somerset | 8,465,849 | 261,928 |
| 801 | Bristol City of | 28,349,268 | 663,005 |
| 802 | North Somerset | 9,264,633 | 282,153 |
| 803 | South Gloucestershire | 13,198,640 | 403,433 |
| 805 | Hartlepool | 7,153,072 | 228,260 |
| 806 | Middlesbrough | 10,576,948 | 366,466 |
| 807 | Redcar and Cleveland | 7,023,656 | 327,969 |
| 808 | Stockton-on-Tees | 13,102,445 | 407,466 |
| 810 | Kingston upon Hull City of | 19,393,098 | 588,652 |
| 811 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 18,853,655 | 521,650 |
| 812 | North East Lincolnshire | 8,521,036 | 361,416 |
| 813 | North Lincolnshire | 10,623,631 | 289,341 |
| 815 | North Yorkshire | 34,779,643 | 884,781 |
| 816 | York | 11,185,006 | 261,608 |
| 820 | Bedfordshire | 20,980,789 | 664,405 |
| 821 | Luton | 13,521,604 | 422,055 |
| 825 | Buckinghamshire | 30,021,856 | 717,443 |
| 826 | Milton Keynes | 17,493,025 | 376,336 |
| 830 | Derbyshire | 50,632,480 | 1,255,381 |
| 831 | Derby | 15,838,470 | 475,510 |
| 835 | Dorset | 25,829,938 | 520,653 |
| 836 | Poole | 8,445,388 | 192,091 |
| 837 | Bournemouth | 9,796,742 | 223,400 |
| 840 | Durham | 26,773,011 | 952,525 |
| 841 | Darlington | 5,116,672 | 191,595 |
| 845 | East Sussex | 33,612,326 | 747,091 |
| 846 | Brighton and Hove | 17,925,701 | 367,140 |
| 850 | Hampshire | 66,087,734 | 1,781,879 |
| 851 | Portsmouth | 12,211,286 | 315,149 |
| 852 | Southampton | 12,262,618 | 375,014 |
| 855 | Leicestershire | 30,937,175 | 953,200 |
| 856 | Leicester | 21,189,894 | 631,182 |
| 857 | Rutland | 1,736,448 | 46,373 |
| 860 | Staffordshire | 44,684,920 | 1,405,701 |
| 861 | Stoke-on-Trent | 10,782,710 | 544,872 |
| 865 | Wiltshire | 20,090,762 | 646,262 |
| 866 | Swindon | 12,966,379 | 317,745 |
| 867 | Bracknell Forest | 5,167,077 | 144,065 |
| 868 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 6,617,485 | 183,074 |
| 869 | West Berkshire | 8,252,059 | 231,090 |
LEA Number:
| LEA Name:
| Total funding for SEN 1,2
| SEN Standards Fund (£)
|
| 870 | Reading | 6,786,016 | 194,840 |
| 871 | Slough | 8,675,140 | 227,685 |
| 872 | Wokingham | 7,522,778 | 218,582 |
| 873 | Cambridgeshire | 36,070,099 | 788,170 |
| 874 | Peterborough | 15,452,957 | 365,952 |
| 875 | Cheshire | 38,194,690 | 1,137,524 |
| 876 | Halton | 9,523,934 | 285,959 |
| 877 | Warrington | 10,355,877 | 347,215 |
| 878 | Devon | 39,122,425 | 1,041,682 |
| 879 | Plymouth | 18,161,040 | 492,046 |
| 880 | Torbay | 6,060,759 | 228,566 |
| 881 | Essex | 69,923,243 | 2,125,590 |
| 882 | Southend-on-Sea | 11,510,525 | 306,222 |
| 883 | Thurrock | 8,455,476 | 254,967 |
| 884 | Herefordshire | 10,457,240 | 244,567 |
| 885 | Worcestershire | 23,007,369 | 846,417 |
| 886 | Kent | 86,940,791 | 2,274,562 |
| 887 | Medway | 17,800,794 | 484,053 |
| 888 | Lancashire | 88,090,821 | 2,095,325 |
| 889 | Blackburn with Darwen | 14,802,781 | 351,988 |
| 890 | Blackpool | 9,955,145 | 278,757 |
| 891 | Nottinghamshire | 32,796,893 | 1,334,933 |
| 892 | Nottingham | 9,723,343 | 626,071 |
| 893 | Shropshire | 12,274,705 | 414,188 |
| 894 | Telford and Wrekin | 11,520,969 | 330,669 |
| 908 | Cornwall | 25,392,606 | 796,800 |
| 909 | Cumbria | 29,069,358 | 870,145 |
| 916 | Gloucestershire | 31,843,035 | 872,565 |
| 919 | Hertfordshire | 58,419,568 | 1,742,247 |
| 921 | Isle of Wight | 8,664,367 | 234,033 |
| 925 | Lincolnshire | 33,910,718 | 997,991 |
| 926 | Norfolk | 38,641,139 | 1,248,755 |
| 928 | Northamptonshire | 34,167,211 | 1,099,536 |
| 929 | Northumberland | 30,009,036 | 564,435 |
| 931 | Oxfordshire | 27,923,355 | 861,854 |
| 933 | Somerset | 26,284,662 | 735,134 |
| 935 | Suffolk | 29,692,548 | 1,063,841 |
| 936 | Surrey | 72,841,153 | 1,349,662 |
| 937 | Warwickshire | 33,292,978 | 790,627 |
| 938 | West Sussex | 50,492,439 | 1,039,050 |
1 Includes from Table 1: Total central spend by LEAs on SEN which covers Educational Pyschology Service/Assessments and statementing, provision for pupils with statements, specialist support: Pupils with and without statements, promoting good practice/collaboration/integration; and ISB for special schools. | |||
2 Also includes from Table 2A of the budget statement funding delegated to primary and secondary schools identified as "notional SEN" (figures are only indicative of the amount that might be spent by schools on SEN). | |||
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps his Department is taking to ensure special needs provision is available for children with autism; and if he will make a statement. [96803]
Schools and local education authorities have duties under the Education Act 1996 to identify, assess and make suitable provision for children with special educational needs, including those with autism. Provision for children with autism is made in mainstream schools with support; autism units attached to maintained schools; generic special schools; independent, non-maintained or maintained autism specialist schools or through home-based provision.To help schools, local education authorities and others develop and audit appropriate provision, my Department, in partnership with the Department of Health, published good practice guidance on autistic spectrum disorders last year. Among other things, this reflected the work of the Department for Education and Skills-funded West Midlands SEN Regional Partnership which has been focusing on a regional, multi-agency approach to creating a range of provision to meet the range of autistic children's needs.