§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what were the number and the percentage of pupils suspended(a) in each of the city technology colleges in their first year of operation and (b) in the education authority surrounding each of the city technology colleges.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthNo pupils have been excluded from Kingshurst (Solihull) or Macmillan (Teesside) city technology colleges, and four pupils (some 2 per cent.) have been temporarily excluded from Djanogly college (Nottingham) in their first year of operation. No pupils have been permanently excluded.
Over the same period in each case, 126 pupils (some 1 per cent.) in Solihull and 108 (0.3 per cent.) in Cleveland education authorities have been excluded from maintained secondary schools; and 67 (0.1 per cent.) have been permanently excluded in Nottinghamshire education authority. The authority does not keep records of temporary exclusions, since it regards these as simply a form of internal discipline.