HC Deb 21 November 1996 vol 285 cc682-4W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the number of school exclusions in(a) England and Wales and (b) London in (i) 1979–80, (ii) 1990–91 and (iii) 1995–96; and what proportion of the school roll these figures represent. [5278]

Mr. Forth

No data on exclusions from school were collected nationally before 1990–91. Between April 1990 and April 1991, 2,910 pupils were reported to have been permanently excluded from schools in England; this represented 0.04 per cent. of the total school population.

The Department will be collecting comprehensive figures for permanent exclusions in the school year 1995–96 as part of the annual schools census in January. These figures will be available later in 1997.

Lady Olga Maitland

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what information she has collated on the number of permanent exclusions from school and on the characteristics of the pupils excluded, in the most recent year for which data are available. [5721]

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

Information on permanent exclusions from LEA maintained and grant-maintained schools is now collected as part of the annual schools census. Data collected this year on exclusions in the 1994–95 school year are summarised in the following tables:

DfEE exclusions census: school year 1994–95 A. Permanent exclusions 1994–951 by type of school2
Excluded pupils
Number As percentage of school population
Primary
LEA 1,331 0.03
GM 34 0.03

DfEE exclusions census: school year 1994–95 A. Permanent exclusions 1994–95 1 by type of school2
Excluded pupils
Number As Percentage of school population
Secondary
LEA 7,605 0.31
GM 1,592 0.29
Special 522 0.54
All schools 11,084 0.15
1 Data grossed-up from returns from 99.3 per cent. of LEA maintained and grant-maintained schools and non maintained special schools.
2Primary and secondary school data include middle schools as deemed.

B. Permanent exclusions 1994–95 1 2 by gender
Excluded pupils
Number As percentage of school population
Primary
Boys 1,209 0.05
Girls 92 —
Secondary
Boys 7,191 0.48
Girls 1,663 0.11
Special
Boys 449 0.69
Girls 44 0.13
1 Data as reported—i.e. omitting exclusions where relevant information missing from returns.
2Primary and secondary school data include middle schools as deemed.

C. Permanent exclusions 1994–95 1 2 by school
Number of schools
Number of pupils excluded Primary Secondary Special
0 17,315 1,060 950
1–2 1,110 1,133 241
3–4 22 606 39
5–6 2 357 9
7–8 0 168 3
9–10 0 82 0
11–15 0 69 0
16+ 0 22 0
1 Data as reported—i.e. omitting exclusions where relevant information missing from returns.
2 Primary and secondary school data include middle school as deemed.

D. Permanent exclusions 1994–951 by age2, ethnicity3 and special educational needs
Number excluded Percentage of excluded pupils Percentage of school population
Pupils aged
4 29 0.3 8.2
5 88 0.8 8.6
6 118 1.l 8.7
7 153 1.4 8.4
8 228 2.1 8.2
9 317 3.0 8.1
10 390 3.7 7.8

D. Permanent exclusions 1994–951 by age2, ethnicity,3 and special educational needs
Number excluded Percentage of excluded pupils percentage of school population
11 661 6.2 7.7
12 1,191 11.2 7.6
13 2,083 19.6 7.7
14 3,040 28.6 7.8
15 2,112 19.9 7.4
16 203 1.9 2.2
17 18 0.2 1.5
18 6 0.1 0.2
White 8,785 83.8 89.8
Black caribbean 769 7.3 1.1
Black African 148 1.4 0.6
Black Other 182 1.7 0.8
Indian 98 0.9 2.7
Pakistani 208 2.0 2.1
Bangladeshi 46 2.4 0.8
Chinese 11 0.1 0.4
Other Ethnic Group 241 2.3
With SEN Statements 1,764 17.6 2.8
Without SEN statements 8,257 82.4 97.2
1Data as reported—i.e. omitting exclusive where relevant information missing from returns.
2Age as at 31 August 1994.
3Ethnic groups as percentage of school population—data covers five to 15-year-olds derived from 1991 national census.