Special Educational Needs: Barnsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many students in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster have received a statement of special educational needs in each of the last 10 years. (264542)

The requested information is shown in the table:

*Number of pupils for whom statements of SEN were made for the first time 1997 to 2007—Barnsley and Doncaster local authority area, Yorkshire and the Humber Government office region, and England*
	England	Yorkshire and the Humber	Barnsley	Doncaster
1997	35,650	4,050	130	350
1998	36,180	3,580	120	300
1999	35,420	3,840	160	270
2000	33,750	3,770	190	210
2001	32,470	3,130	170	170
2002	30,720	2,870	110	170
2003	28,780	2,550	90	170
2004	25,990	1,910	90	140
2005	24,040	1,990	100	170
2006	22,600	1,830	120	140
2007	23,510	1,830	110	100
Note: Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: SEN2 Survey

Figures for 2007, which is the latest year for which information is available, are contained within Table 18 of SFR 15/2008: Special Educational Needs in England: January 2008 which can be found at:

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

Volume 490: debated on Monday 23 March 2009