§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of children excluded from school gained(a) five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C and (b) one or more GCSEs in (i) 2001 and (ii) 2002. [85347]
§ Mr. MilibandCurrently the only readily available source of data on the GCSE attainment of young people excluded from school is the Youth Cohort Study (YCS).
The latest data available from the YCS is for people who took their GCSEs in the summer of 1999. This shows that of those who were excluded from school in years 10 or 11, 17 per cent, gained five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C and 90 per cent, reported gaining at least one GCSE.
Figures for more recent years will become available from the National Pupil Database in due course.