To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils at pupil referral units had (a) statemented and (b) non-statemented educational needs, broken down by type of need. (228732)

The number of pupils at pupil referral units with special educational needs, either with a statement or without a statement, can be found in tables 1a and 1b of the ‘Special Educational Needs in England: January 2008’ Statistical First Release accessible via

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/PB/SFR/s000794/index.shtml.

Information broken down further by type of need is not held centrally.