§ Mr. HallTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many(a) primary and (b) secondary pupils (i) were permanently excluded and (ii) had fixed-term exclusions from school in 1995–96; and of those in (i) how many returned to mainstream eduction. [5586]
§ Mr. Jonathan EvansInformation is available for permanently excluded pupils only. Returns provided by local authorities indicate that in the 1995–96 academic year, 65 children were excluded from primary schools and 455 from secondary schools. Of these, 130 returned to mainstream education. It is not possible to break down this figure between primary and secondary pupils.