To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of schoolchildren with a special educational need was diagnosed with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. (283486)

The available information for the four latest years (2009, 2008, 2007, 2006) can be found in Table 9 of the following links:

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000852/SFR14_2009_M.xls

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000794/SEN_NationalTablesFinal.xls

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000732/sfr20_2007_tables_oh.xls

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000661/SFR23-2006v2.pdf

The available information for 2005 can be found in Table 18 of the following link

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000584/AdditionalAnalysesv1.2.xls

Information on type of special educational need is collected only for those pupils with statements of SEN or those at School Action Plus.