§ Chris RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils were permanently excluded from school by region expressed as(a) a percentage of school population and (b) the total number, in descending order according to percentage figures in the latest year in which figures are available. [30601]
§ Mr. Timms[holding answer 30 January 2002]: The information requested is shown in the following table.
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Number of permanent exclusions in schools1 1999–2000— Government office regions and local education authorities in England Number of permanent exclusions Percentage of the school population2 Percentage of all permanent exclusions3 England 8,323 0.11 100.00 Government office regions North West 1,314 0.12 15.8 London 1,289 0.12 15.5 West Midlands 1.104 0.12 13.3 South East 1,251 0.11 15.0 North East 482 0.11 5.8 Yorkshire and The Humber 819 0.10 9.8 East Midlands 696 0.10 8.4 East of England 735 0.09 8.8 South West 633 0.09 7.6 Local education authorities City of London 1 0.45 0.01 Wandsworth 94 0.33 1.13 Sandwell 132 0.25 1.59 Doncaster 121 0.23 1.45 Kensington and Chelsea 24 0.23 0.29 Leicester 107 0.22 1.29 Liverpool 175 0.22 2.10 Salford 77 0.22 0.93 Westminster 39 0.22 0.47 Lewisham 75 0.21 0.90 Bristol, City of 104 0.21 1.25 Southwark 69 0.20 0.83 Reading 35 0.20 0.42 Telford and Wrekin 50 0.19 0.60 Bracknell Forest 29 0.19 0.35 Coventry 95 0.19 1.14 Newcastle upon Tyne 73 0.19 0.88 Croydon 87 0.18 1.05 Darlington 27 0.17 0.32 Manchester 114 0.17 1.37 Medway 75 0.17 0.90 Halton 35 0.16 0.42 Thurrock 36 0.16 0.43 Blackburn with Darwen 40 0.16 0.48 North Tyneside 50 0.16 0.60 Stoke-on-Trent 60 0.16 0.72 Birmingham 274 0.15 3.29 Enfield 73, 0.15 0.88 Brent 57 0.15 0.68 North Lincolnshire 39 0.15 0.47 North Somerset 41 0.15 0.49 Waltham Forest 53 0.15 0.64 Brighton and Hove 45 0.15 0.54 Sheffield 111 0.15 1.33 Hounslow 52 0.14 0.62 Durham 114 0.14 1.37 Redcar and Cleveland 37 0.14 0.44 South Tyneside 36 0.14 0.43 North East Lincolnshire 38 0.13 0.46 Harrow 39 0.13 0.47 Worcestershire 109 0.13 1.31 Bury 39 0.13 0.47 Bradford 116 0.13 1.39 Windsor and Maidenhead 25 0.13 0.30
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Number of permanent exclusions in schools1 1999–2000— Government office regions and local education authorities in England Number of permanent exclusions Percentage of the school population2 Percentage of all permanent exclusions3 Nottingham 55 0.13 0.66 Peterborough 38 0.13 0.46 Richmond upon Thames 25 0.13 0.30 Hammersmith and Fulham 21 0.12 0.25 West Sussex 131 0.12 1.57 Derby 47 0.12 0.56 Oldham 51 0.12 0.61 Barnsley 43 0.12 0.52 Kent 253 0.12 3.04 Greenwich 43 0.12 0.52 Barnet 57 0.12 0.68 Rochdale 43 0.12 0.52 Hackney 31 0.12 0.37 Stockport 51 0.12 0.61 Sefton 56 0.12 0.67 Hillingdon 47 0.12 0.56 Lambeth 31 0.11 0.37 Herefordshire 27 0.11 0.32 Southend-on-Sea 29 0.11 0.35 Cheshire 119 0.11 1.43 Kirklees 72 0.11 0.87 Wakefield 59 0.11 0.71 East Sussex 72 0.11 0.87 Lincolnshire 107 0.11 1.29 Warwickshire 82 0.11 0.99 Bolton 50 0.11 0.60 Tameside 41 0.11 0.49 Gloucestershire 91 0.11 1.09 Barking and Dagenham 31 0.11 0.37 Wigan 53 0.10 0.64 Blackpool 21 0.10 0.25 Walsall 51 0.10 0.61 Hampshire 181 0.10 2.17 Bath and North East Somerset 26 0.10 0.31 Portsmouth 27 0.10 0.32 Milton Keynes 35 0.10 0.42 Hertfordshire 175 0.10 2.10 Northamptonshire 105 0.10 1.26 Suffolk 100 0.10 1.20 Solihull 37 0.10 0.44 Warrington 32 0.10 0.38 Camden 22 0.10 0.26 Merton 23 0.10 0.28 Surrey 133 0.10 1.60 Torbay 18 0.09 0.22 St. Helens 28 0.09 0.34 Lancashire 167 0.09 2.01 Havering 34 0.09 0.41 Essex 182 0.09 2.19 Oxfordshire 76 0.09 0.91 Sunderland 44 0.09 0.53 Bedfordshire 56 0.09 0.67 Somerset 62 0.09 0.74 Hartlepool 15 0.09 0.18 Tower Hamlets 31 0.09 0.37 Wirral 47 0.08 0.56 Leicestershire 80 0.08 0.96 Islington 20 0.08 0.24 Buckinghamshire 63 0.08 0.76 Nottinghamshire 102 0.08 1.23 Bexley 33 0.08 0.40 Devon 79 0.08 0.95 Stockton-on-Tees 27 0.08 0.32 Trafford 30 0.08 0.36 Northumberland 42 0.08 0.50 Wokingham 19 0.08 0.23 Cornwall 58 0.08 0.70 Derbyshire 91 0.08 1.09 Kingston upon Thames 16 0.08 0.19 Dudley 39 0.08 0.47 Staffordshire 99 0.07 1.19 Norfolk 84 0.07 1.01 Haringey 25 0.07 0.30 Rotherham 32 0.07 0.38 Kingston upon Hull, City of 30 0.07 0.36 Newham 33 0.07 0.40 Redbridge 29 0.07 0.35
Number of permanent exclusions in schools1 1999–2000— Government office regions and local education authorities in England Number of permanent exclusions Percentage of the school population2 Percentage of all permanent exclusions3 Swindon 20 0.07 0.24 Sutton 19 0.07 0.23 West Berkshire 16 0.07 0.19 Dorset 35 0.06 0.42 York 16 0.06 0.19 Wiltshire 41 0.06 0.49 Ealing 27 0.06 0.32 Wolverhampton 26 0.06 0.31 Bromley 28 0.06 0.34 Leeds 71 0.06 0.85 South Gloucestershire 23 0.06 0.28 Shropshire 23 0.06 0.28 Isle of Wight 11 0.06 0.13 Plymouth 23 0.06 0.28 Slough 10 0.05 0.12 Cumbria 39 0.05 0.47 Southampton 15 0.05 0.18 Luton 15 0.05 0.18 Gateshead 14 0.05 0.17 North Yorkshire 40 0.05 0.48 Rutland 2 0.04 0.02 East Riding of Yorkshire 20 0.04 0.24 Bournemouth 7 0.03 0.08 Calderdale 11 0.03 0.13 Cambridgeshire 20 0.03 0.24 Poole 5 0.03 0.06 Knowsley 6 0.02 0.07 Middlesbrough 3 0.01 0.04 Isles of Scilly 0 0.00 0.00 1 Includes maintained primary and secondary schools and all special schools. 2 The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of full and part-time pupils of all ages in primary, secondary and special schools, excluding dually registered pupils in special schools in January 2000. 3 The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the total number of exclusions. Source:
Annual Schools Census