HC Deb 25 November 1994 vol 250 cc391-2W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will list for the last school year the number of exclusions from schools in each local authority area together with a summary of the principal reasons for such exclusions if available.

Mr. Forth

This information is not available centrally. Reports on maintained schools published by Ofsted do, however, include details of the number of exclusions in the 12 months preceding the school's inspection.

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans she has to publish data on school exclusions.

Mr. Forth

Reports on maintained schools published by Ofsted include information about exclusions in the 12 months preceding the school's inspection. My right hon. Friend is considering whether there is a need to supplement that information with any further published data on school exclusions.