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Pupil referral units: Number of pupils by gender ( 1)( ) 1997-2006 Position in January each year England
	Number of boys	Number of girls	Total pupils
1997	5,580	1,960	7,530
1998	5,650	2,090	7,740
1999	6,180	2,090	8,260
2000	6,370	2,110	8,480
2001	7,000	2,290	9,290
2002	7,420	2,540	9,960
2003	8,970	3,040	12,010
2004	9,830	3,200	13,040
2005	10,780	3,690	14,470
2006	11,280	3,960	15,240
(1) Includes solely registered pupils and those with other providers. Note: Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. There may be discrepancies between totals and the sum of component parts. Source: School Census

Pupil referral units: Number (headcount) of pupils by age ( 1,2)( ) 1997-2006 Position in January each year England
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Pupils aged:
2 and under	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(3)—	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(3)—	(3)—
5	50	40	30	20	50	10	40	30	30	30
6	50	40	50	40	40	30	70	50	40	40
7	60	50	60	40	80	50	70	90	60	60
8	100	90	70	60	130	90	140	130	130	100
9	120	100	110	90	140	130	210	190	170	180
10	130	150	150	130	210	180	280	260	250	360
11	150	150	210	150	210	280	280	250	230	410
12	420	450	470	530	550	590	780	840	890	810
13	830	840	980	930	1,090	1,210	1,520	1,630	1,860	1,960
14	1,680	1,640	1,830	1,990	2,170	2,430	2,800	3,220	3,650	3,870
15	3,860	3,840	4,150	4,240	4,520	4,790	5,680	6,050	6,910	7,080
16	90	360	140	240	90	130	130	230	160	230
17	10	(3)—	10	20	10	20	20	40	60	80
18	0	0	0	10	10	20	20	20	30	40
19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total all ages	7,530	7,740	8,260	8,480	9,290	9,960	12,010	13,040	14,470	15,240
(1) Includes solely registered pupils and those with other providers (2) Age as at previous 31 August (3) less than 5 pupils Note: Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. There may be discrepancies between totals and the sum of component parts. Source: School Census

Pupil Referral Units: Special Educational Needs

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of pupils registered at pupil referral units had (a) statemented and (b) unstatemented special educational needs as a result of (i) autistic spectrum disorder, (ii) emotional, behavioural and social
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difficulties, (iii) hearing impairment, (iv) moderate learning difficulty, (v) multi-sensory impairment, (vi) physical disability, (vii) profound and multiple learning difficulty, (viii) severe learning difficulty, (xix) specific learning difficulty, (x) speech, language and communication needs, (xi) visual impairment and (xii) other or unknown causes in each year since 1997. [133855]

Jim Knight: The information requested is not collected centrally.

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of pupils with speech, language and communication needs (a) with statements and (b) without statements were registered in pupil referral units at some point during each year from 1997 to 2006, broken down by local authority. [133862]

Jim Knight: The information requested is not collected centrally.

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