HC Deb 12 November 1985 vol 86 c108W
Mr. Freud

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) whether he will list in the Official Report the number of occasions, and the local education authority involved in each case, on which a parent has been fined under the Education Act 1981 for failing to present a child for examination;

(2) what information is available to his Department in respect of (a) the number of children excluded from full-time education pending assessment and statementing under the procedures of the Education Act 1981 and (b) the average period undergone without full-time education by such children; and whether he will make a statement;

(3) whether he will list in the Official Report the number of occasions, and the local education authority involved in each case, on which a parent has (a) sought, (b) received and (c) been refused permission to remove a child with special educational needs from a special school under the Education Act 1981.

Mr. Dunn

The Department does not collect this information.