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Written question asked by Tim Loughton (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 January 2010. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 18 January 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Pupil Exclusions: Disadvantaged

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 11 January 2010, Official Report, column 728W, on pupil exclusion: disadvantaged, what the equivalent figures are for pupils on free school meals whose ethnicity is recorded as (a) white Irish, (b) white Traveller of Irish heritage, (c) white gypsy/Roma and (d) any other white ethnicity.
Answer

Information for 2007/08 is shown in the following table.

Primary, secondary and special schools,¹,²,³ number and percentage of pupil enrolments receiving one or more fixed period exclusions or a permanent exclusion by pupil characteristics4; England, 2007/08 (estimates)5
Permanent exclusion5 One or more fixed period exclusions
Number of pupil enrolments eligible for free school meals6 Percentage of applicable school population7 Number of pupil enrolments eligible for free school meals6 Percentage of applicable school population7
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
Irish8 20 9— 20 1.08 9— 0.61 240 90 330 11.75 4.83 8.42
Traveller of Irish heritage8 10 9— 10 0.98 9— 0.60 150 60 210 13.11 5.29 9.31
Gypsy/Roma8 20 10 30 1.02 0.39 0.71 270 100 370 14.70 5.89 10.40
Any other white background8 50 10 60 0.29 0.06 0.18 1,050 440 1,480 6.07 2.61 4.37
¹ Includes middle schools as deemed.
² Includes city technology colleges and academies (including all-through academies).
³ Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools. Excludes general hospital schools.
4 Pupils may be counted more than once if they were registered at more than one school or changed schools during the year.
5 Figures relating to permanent exclusions are estimates based on incomplete pupil-level data.
6 Free school meal eligibility as at the time of the January 2008 School Census.
7 The number of pupil enrolments who received exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of all pupils (excluding dually registered pupils) by ethnic group, in January 2008.
8 Includes pupils of compulsory school age and above only.
9 Less than 5 or a rate based on less than 5.
Note:
Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
School Census

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
504 c151-2W; 311114
Session
2009-10
Related items
Pupils Exclusions: Disadvantaged
Monday, 11 January 2010
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Disadvantaged Pupil exclusions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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