§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils have been permanently excluded from schools in each of the London boroughs in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. ForthFigures for each of the past 10 years are not available. Information on permanent exclusions from maintained schools in England was collected by the Department over a two-year period, starting with the summer term 1990, under the national exclusions reporting18W system. In England, 2,910 pupils were excluded in year one and 3,833 in year two. It is not possible to provide an area breakdown of the figures because of assurances given as to confidentiality.