Special Educational Needs: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 25 February 2009, Official Report, columns 816-7W, on special educational needs: disadvantaged, what the proportion of pupils with special educational needs was in each (a) decile and (b) year referred to in the table. (260480)

The information requested is as follows.

*Proportion of pupils*¹ *with special educational needs*² *by IDACI*³ *decile of known residence, 2004, 2007 and 2008*
	Primary schools	Secondary schools⁴
	2004	2007	2008	2004	2007	2008
0 to 10% most deprived	24.8	26.7	26.6	25.8	29.5	31.4
10 to 20%	22.9	24.6	24.9	22.8	26.3	27.9
20 to 30%	21.0	22.4	23.3	20.2	23.1	24.8
30 to 40%	19.2	20.9	21.3	17.5	20.4	21.8
40 to 50%	17.4	18.8	19.1	15.3	17.7	19.4
50 to 60%	15.6	17.0	17.2	13.5	15.7	16.9
60 to 70%	14.2	15.4	15.9	12.2	14.3	15.3
70 to 80%	13.0	14.3	14.5	10.7	12.8	13.8
80 to 90%	11.9	13.0	13.4	9.8	11.6	12.8
90 to 100% least deprived	10.5	11.7	11.7	8.3	10.1	10.8
¹ Excludes dually registered pupils. ² Excludes pupils whose SEN status is unknown. ³ Income Deprivation Affecting Children Indices. ⁴ Includes CTCs and academies. Source: School Census

Volume 489: debated on Wednesday 11 March 2009