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Written question asked by Tim Loughton (Conservative) on Wednesday, 18 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 20 March 2009. It was answered by Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Labour) on Thursday, 2 April 2009 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Pupils: Languages

Question
(2) how many and what proportion of pupils whose first language was not English had (a) statemented and (b) non-statemented special educational needs in each year since 1997.
Answer

The available information is shown in the table.Data on pupils with special educational needs, whose first language was not English, is only available from 2002.

Maintained primary, state-funded secondary¹ and all special schools²: pupils³, 4 whose first language is not English: Statemented and non-statemented special educational need. January 2002-08: England
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Number of pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English 640,120 667,260 681,230 706,910 748,000 808,830 823,830
Number of pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English with a statement of SEN 17,800 18,960 18,540 18,890 19,430 20,160 19,450
Percentage of pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English with a statement of SEN 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4
Number of pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English with SEN without a statement 135,750 117,040 120,990 128,630 143,410 160,430 173,960
Percentage of pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English with SEN without a statement 21.2 17.5 17.8 18.2 19.2 19.8 21.1
¹ Includes City technology colleges and academies.
² Excludes general hospital schools.
³ Excludes dually registered pupils.
4 Pupils of compulsory school age and above.
5 Excludes pupils w here the first language w as not obtained or refused.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
490 c1350W;490 c1346W; 265670
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Languages Pupils Special educational needs
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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