HL Deb 22 July 2002 vol 638 cc22-3WA
Baroness Darcy de Knayth

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they are monitoring, by collecting statistics:

  1. (a) the use of "managed moves" as referred to in paragraph 5.6 of the Department for Education and Skills guidance in Circular 10/99 Social Inclusion: Pupil Support, whereby parents are offered planned school transfer with appropriate support as an alternative to the permanent exclusion of their child;
  2. (b) the use of "voluntary withdrawals", whereby parents are advised by schools to withdraw their child in order to avoid permanent exclusion and without any planning or local education authority involvement; and
  3. (c) the occurrence of "unofficial exclusions", whereby parents are requested to keep their child off school for part of the school day, sometimes WA 23 for indefinite periods, as an alternative to the permanent exclusion of their child;
and, if so, whether they would make these statistics public. [HL5177]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Skills (Baroness Ashton of Upholland)

Statistics on the use of "managed moves", "voluntary withdrawals" and the occurrence of "unofficial exclusions" are not collected or held centrally.