HC Deb 26 February 1996 vol 272 c373W
Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many schoolchildren were excluded permanently from schools in(a) Coventry and (b) the west midlands in 1995. [17122]

Mr. Robin Squire

This information is not available centrally.

The Department is collecting figures on permanent exclusions 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.