Written question asked by Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 9 July 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 16 July 2003. It was answered by Ivan Lewis (Labour) on Wednesday, 16 July 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, pursuant to his Answer of 7th July, Official Report, 408 c 622W, on excluded pupils, if he will publish the responses of local education authorities to his Department's letter of October 2002. - (Holding answer 14 July 2003).

Answer: Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his Answer of 7 July 2003, Official Report, column 622W, on excluded pupils, if he will publish the responses of local education authorities to his Department's letter of October 2002. [125770] Mr. Ivan Lewis: [holding answer 14 July 2003]: The responses received were not in a form suitable for publication. However, all Local Education Authorities confirmed that they were able to achieve the target of providing full-time education for all permanently excluded pupils by September 2002.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 125770; 409 c347W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Correspondence Education Pupil exclusions Local education authorities Standards
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