David Cannon, chair of the Advisory Council for the Education of Romany and other Travellers, said new figures were a cause for concern and further evidence that the statementing process is "unreasonably long".
Government figures show that in January 2005 almost 242,600 pupils across all schools in England had statements of special educational needs. This represents the lowest number of pupils with statements over the last five years.
The percentage of Traveller pupils of Irish heritage with special educational needs without statements has increased since last year. The percentage of Gypsy/Roma Traveller pupils with special educational needs but without statements has fallen - but by less than one per cent.
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