Special Educational Needs: Hartlepool

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of children in Hartlepool (a) have special educational needs and (b) were educated in special schools in each year since 1997. (131362)

The information requested is shown in the table.

*Number of pupils with special educational needs and number of pupils in special schools—position as at January each year: 1997 to 2006—Hartlepool local authority*
	All schools	Special schools
		Pupils with statements	Pupils with SEN without a statement	Total pupils
	Total pupils	Number	Percentage¹	Number	Percentage¹	Number	Percentage²
1997	17,038	383	2.2	2,474	14.5	238	1.4
1998	17,154	414	2.4	2,898	16.9	263	1.5
1999	17,263	431	2.5	3,146	18.2	262	1.5
2000	17,250	430	2.5	3,539	20.5	235	1.4
2001³	16,986	—	—	—	—	215	1.3
2002⁴	16,743	439	2.6	3,301	19.7	176	1.1
2003	16,695	431	2.6	2,612	15.6	158	0.9
2004	16,441	411	2.5	2,609	15.9	147	0.9
2005	16.157	383	2.4	2,762	17.1	138	0.9
2006	15,889	362	2.3	2,826	17.8	127	0.8
¹ Number of pupils with a statement of SEN or with SEN without a statement expressed as a proportion of the total number of pupils. ² The number of pupils in special schools expressed as a proportion of the total number of pupils in all schools. ³ In 2001 estimates were made at a national level because the data for SEN are known to be incomplete, therefore local authority level data are not available. ⁴ From 2002 SEN data may not comparable with previous years due to underlying changes in data collection. Source: School Census

Volume 459: debated on Thursday 26 April 2007