HC Deb 24 April 1996 vol 276 c198W
21. Mr. Robathan

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many children were expelled from maintained schools in 1995. [25099]

26. Mr. Madden

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many children at present she estimates are excluded from maintained schools. [25104]

Mr. Robin Squire

This information is not available centrally. The Department is collecting figures on permanent exclusion in the school year 1994–95, through the annual census returns sent to all schools in January. Data should be available by the early autumn.