Written question asked by Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 12 January 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 23 January 1998. It was answered by Stephen Byers (Labour) on Friday, 23 January 1998 on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.

Dept for Education and Employment

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many children are currently being taught in mainstream (a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and how many children in each category have statements of special education needs. - Table given.

Answer: Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many children are currently being taught in mainstream (a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and how many children in each category have statements of special education needs. [22870] Mr. Byers: The latest available information is shown in the following table. Number of pupils{1} with statements of special educational needs being taught in maintained {2} primary and secondary schools in England, January 1997 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Pupils with statements All pupils Primary schools 63,551 4,429,043 Secondary schools 70,080 3,041,584 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1}Includes full and part-time pupils. {2}Includes grant maintained schools.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 22870; 304 c729W;304 c723W
Session: 1997-98
Subjects: Pupils Primary education Schools Special educational needs Secondary education
Contains statistics: Yes