§ Mr. MorleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children were(a) suspended and (b) expelled from school in (i) Humberside and (ii) England in each year since 1984.
§ Mr. ForthFigures for each of the last 10 years are not available. Information on permanent exclusions from maintained schools in England was collected by the Department over a two-year period, starting with the summer term 1990, under the national exclusions reporting system—NERS. In England, 2,910 permanent exclusions were reported in year one and 3,833 in year two. It is not possible to provide an area breakdown of the figures because of assurances given as to confidentiality.