Special Educational Needs: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils in each decile of income deprivation affecting children indices had statements of special educational needs in (a) Essex, (b) Southend, (c) Thurrock and (d) Castle Point in each of the last five years. (267442)

The requested information for the years 2004 and 2008 is given in the following tables.

Information for each of the last five years can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

*(a) Essex local authority*
	Number of resident children with a statement of special educational needs²	Percentage of resident children with a statement of special educational needs
IDACI decile of pupil residence¹	2004	2008	2004	2008
0-10% most deprived	189	199	3.5	3.9
10-20%	404	465	3.2	3.9
20-30%	648	709	2.9	3.3
30-40%	602	705	2.6	3.1
40-50%	589	684	2.5	3.0
50-60%	483	595	2.0	2.5
60-70%	521	683	1.9	2.5
70-80%	375	479	1.7	2.1
80-90%	428	519	1.7	2.1
90-100% least deprived	274	354	1.6	2.1
Total	4,513	5,392	2.2	2.7
¹ Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index 2007 at super output area level. ² Includes solely registered pupils only. Note: Pupil residency figures include only those pupils with a valid postcode. Source: School Census.

*(b) Southend local authority*
	Number of resident children with a statement of special educational needs²	Percentage of resident children with a statement of special educational needs
IDACI decile of pupil residence¹	2004	2008	2004	2008
0-10% most deprived	120	127	4.3	4.6
10-20%	150	165	4.2	4.8
20-30%	133	146	3.6	4.1
30-40%	137	129	3.2	3.2
40-50%	73	76	2.7	2.8
50-60%	50	58	1.7	2.1
60-70%	39	44	1.4	1.6
70-80%	35	27	2.1	1.6
80-90%	17	12	2.1	1.6
90-100% least deprived	15	14	1.5	1.6
Total	769	798	2.9	3.2
¹ Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index 2007 at super output area level. ² Includes solely registered pupils only. Note: Pupil residency figures include only those pupils with a valid postcode. Source: School Census.

(c) *Thurrock* *local authority*
	Number of resident children with a statement of special educational needs²	Percentage of resident children with a statement of special educational needs
IDACI decile of pupil residence¹	2004	2008	2004	2008
0-10% most deprived	53	66	3.1	3.6
10-20%	81	92	3.6	4.3
20-30%	143	156	3.9	4.1
30-40%	106	119	3.7	4.1
40-50%	130	146	3.4	3.9
50-60%	61	76	2.8	3.6
60-70%	55	85	2.3	3.7
70-80%	68	78	2.3	2.6
80-90%	38	51	2.2	2.8
90-100% least deprived	14	19	2.1	2.4
Total	749	888	3.1	3.6
¹ Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index 2007 at super output area level. ² Includes solely registered pupils only. Note: Pupil residency figures include only those pupils with a valid postcode. Source: School Census.

(d) *Castle Pointconstituency*
	Number of resident children with a statement of special educational needs²	Percentage of resident children with a statement of special educational needs
IDACI decile of pupil residence¹	2004	2008	2004	2008
0-10% most deprived	12	14	3.1	4.2
10-20%	18	19	3.3	4.0
20-30%	27	31	3.3	4.6
30-40%	33	31	2.9	2.8
40-50%	76	81	2.7	3.0
50-60%	38	48	1.9	2.5
60-70%	41	54	1.9	2.6
70-80%	47	62	1.8	2.6
80-90%	29	34	2.3	2.6
90-100% least deprived	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Total	321	374	2.3	2.9
n/a = Not applicable. None of the least deprived decile of super output areas lies within Castle Point constituency. ¹ Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index 2007 at super output area level. ² Includes solely registered pupils only. Note: Pupil residency figures include only those pupils with a valid postcode. Source: School Census.

Volume 491: debated on Wednesday 22 April 2009