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Special Educational Needs: Barnsley

Volume 490: debated on Monday 23 March 2009

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