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To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children in the (a) state maintained and (b) independent sector in Gloucestershire have statements in each year from year 1 to year 11. [108772]

The information available is shown in the table.

Maintained primary, secondary and special schools: Number of pupils with a statement of SEN by age^1,2—Gloucestershire local education authority—January 2002
Pupils aged	Maintained primary	Maintained secondary	Maintained special³	Total
3	0	⁴—	2	2
4	26	⁴—	12	38
5	59	⁴—	32	91
6	88	⁴—	35	123
7	117	⁴—	36	153
8	130	⁴—	48	178
9	152	⁴—	59	211
10	182	⁴—	80	262
11	31	136	93	260
12	⁴—	183	94	277
13	⁴—	181	138	319
14	⁴—	161	117	278
15	⁴—	147	109	256
16	⁴—	25	6	31
17	⁴—	8	9	17
18	⁴—	1	4	5
Total all ages	785	842	874	2,501
¹Includes middle schools as deemed.
²Age as at 31 August 2001.
³Excludes General Hospital schools.
⁴Not applicable.
Source:
Annual Schools' Census

Information on the number of pupils in the independent sector who have a statement of SEN by age is not collected centrally.

Volume 403: debated on Monday 14 April 2003