HC Deb 12 January 1990 vol 164 cc749-50W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information is kept on the number of children sent home due to lack of teaching staff in each local education authority.

Mr. Alan Howarth

Local education authorities are responsible for the deployment of teachers, and comprehensive information about the number of pupils sent home is not held centrally by the Department.