Written question asked by Adrian Flook (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 October 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 19 October 2004. It was answered by Stephen Twigg (Labour) on Tuesday, 19 October 2004 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 pupils have been excluded from (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each year since 1997 in Somerset. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Flook: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils have been excluded from (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Somerset in each year since 1997. [191159] Mr. Stephen Twigg: The information requested is shown in the following table. Maintained primary and secondary schools1: number and percentage of permanently excluded pupils 1997/98 to 2002/03 Somerset local education authority _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Primary Secondary Number of permanent Percentage of the school Number of permanent Percentage of the school exclusions population2 exclusions population2 1997/98 11 0.03 64 0.22 1998/99 6 0.02 55 0.19 1999/2000 12 0.03 49 0.16 2000/01 15 0.04 38 0.12 2001/02 16 0.04 43 0.13 2002/03 22 0.06 37 0.11 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Includes middle schools as deemed. 2 The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of pupils, excluding dually registered pupils.

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