§ Mr. HallTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many(a) primary and (b) secondary pupils (i) were permanently excluded from school and (ii) had fixed-term exclusions from school in 1995–96; and how many of those in (i) returned to mainstream education.[5585]
§ Mr. ForthThis information is not available centrally.
The Department will be collecting 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.