HC Deb 14 October 1996 vol 282 cc744-5W
Mr. Dafis

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will publish for the last available three years for each county and for Wales as a whole, the number of school exclusions or expulsions recorded for(a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) all schools, indicating the percentage of such exclusions or expulsions as a proportion of overall pupil numbers in each case. [38944]

Mr. Jonathan Evans

[pursuant to his reply, 23 July 1996, c.276]: I regret that the table provided was incorrect. The correct table is as follows:

Permanent exclusions during 1994–95 academic year from:
Primary schools Secondary schools Total primary and secondary schools
LEA Number Exclusions as percentage of roll Number Exclusions as percentage of roll Number Exclusions as percentage of roll
Clwyd 17 0.04 61 0.23 78 0.11
Dyfed 2 0.01 34 0.14 36 0.06
Gwent 9 0.02 89 0.29 98 0.13
Gwynedd 2 0.01 25 0.16 27 0.07
Mid Glamorgan 23 0.04 75 0.19 98 0.1
Powys 1 0.01 8 0.1 9 0.04
South Glamorgan 16 0.04 58 0.2 74 0.10
West Glamorgan 3 0.01 48 0.20 51 0.08
Wales 73 0.02 398 0.20 471 0.10
All figures are provisional.