Written question asked by Damian Green (Conservative) on Thursday, 16 October 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 28 October 2003. It was answered by Ivan Lewis (Labour) on Tuesday, 28 October 2003 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) temporary and (b) permanent exclusions were made by (i) primary, (ii) secondary schools and (iii) all schools in each year since 1997, broken down by local education authority. - Inc fact that information on fixed terms exclusions not yet available centrally but a table showing information requested on permanent exclusions has been placed in the House of Commons Library. (Table in Library Dep 03/2173).

Answer: Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) temporary and (b) permanent exclusions were made by (i) primary, (ii) secondary schools and (iii) all schools in each year since 1997, broken down by local education authority. [133690] Mr. Ivan Lewis: Information on fixed term exclusions is not yet available centrally. The Department has recently started to collect information from local education authorities on both fixed term and permanent exclusions on a termly basis. However, reliable findings from this data collection exercise are not expected to be available until next year. A table showing information requested on permanent exclusions has been placed in the House of Commons Library.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 133690; 412 c193-4W;412 c201-2W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Discipline Pupil exclusions Pupils Primary education Schools Secondary education
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk