§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is his current estimate of the number of children excluded from(a) primary and (b) secondary schools. [15059]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisIn the 1995–96 school year, 1,608 pupils were permanently excluded from primary schools and 10,344 were permanently excluded from secondary schools.
Figures for the 1996–97 school year will be collected as part of the annual Schools Census in January 1998.