HC Deb 13 November 1996 vol 285 c273W
28. Mr. Pawsey

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many pupils have been excluded from secondary schools in England in the last 12 months. [2098]

Mr. Forth

The latest figures on exclusions, which relate to the school year 1994–95, show that 8,870 pupils were permanently excluded from secondary schools in England.