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Written question asked by Greg Smith (Conservative) on Monday, 6 December 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 8 December 2021. It was answered by Will Quince (Conservative) on Friday, 10 December 2021 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Special Educational Needs: Buckingham

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many exclusions from school (a) in total and (b) of pupils with SEN occurred in Buckingham constituency in each of the last five years.

Answer

The data on requests and issuing of education, health and care plans (EHCPs) are not collected by parliamentary constituency, or by who the requestor is for the plan. The answer provided is based on all requests made to the Buckinghamshire local authority. The number of requests received, and plans issued by Buckinghamshire local authority, are detailed below.

Year

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Requests for EHCP

680

658

888

940

940

New EHCPs issued

447

300

628

674

592

The tables below show the number of permanent exclusions and suspensions for pupils with and without special educational needs (SEN) in Buckingham constituency between the 2015/16 and 2019/20 academic years.

Permanent Exclusions

Academic year

All pupils

Pupils without SEN

SEN with EHCP or statement

SEN without EHCP or statement

2019/20

6

4

1

1

2018/19

12

6

2

4

2017/18

8

2

0

6

2016/17

14

5

2

7

2015/16

14

8

3

3

Suspensions

Academic year

All pupils

Pupils without SEN

SEN with EHCP or statement

SEN without EHCP or statement

2019/20

503

261

98

144

2018/19

696

330

115

251

2017/18

423

146

64

213

2016/17

457

234

67

156

2015/16

283

133

53

97

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
87870
Session
2021-22
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Special educational needs Buckingham
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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