HC Deb 13 July 1998 vol 316 cc70-7W
Mr. Love

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many permanent exclusions there were from schools by local education authority area in each of the last five years broken down by ethnic origin; what strategies are being developed to reduce the number of pupils excluded; and if he will make a statement. [49685]

Ms Estelle Morris

The information on permanent exclusions by ethnic group from schools in each local education authority is set out in the following table. Data on exclusions were not collected centrally before 1994–95. The 1996–97 data are currently being analysed and will be available later this year.

The Government are tackling exclusion by implementing the recommendations in the Social Exclusion Unit's Truancy and School Exclusion report, copies of which have been placed in the Library. The report highlighted the over-representation of certain ethnic minority pupils among those excluded from school, and included recommendations to tackle this, including the promotion of community mentoring in ethnic minority communities. In addition, a number of projects supported by grant paid under Section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966 employ strategies designed to reduce exclusions of pupils from particular minority ethnic groups. These include home-school liaison, mentoring, and other strategies designed to motivate pupils to learn and to raise teacher expectations.

Number of permanent exclusions from maintained primary, secondary and special schools by ethnic group and Local Education Authority Area
England 1994–95 and 1995–96
Unclassified White Black Caribbean Black African Black Other Indian
1994–95 1995–96 1994–95 1995–96 1994–95 1995–96 1994–95 1995–96 1994–95 1995–96 1994–95 1995–96
City of London 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Camden 6 2— 28 24 5 5 5 9 6 2 2 2
Greenwich 2 2 39 52 8 12 2 2 2 9 2 2
Hackney 2 2 9 6 9 17 2 7 2 2 2 2
Hammersmith and Fulham 2 2 28 24 29 21 6 6 2 7 2 2
Islington 2 2 36 36 17 15 5 7 2 2 2 2
Kensington and Chelsea 2 2 7 12 9 7 6 2 2 5 2 2
Lambeth 2 2 12 19 31 34 2 7 7 2 2 2
Lewisham 2 2 23 29 26 32 2—_ 2 11 8 2 2
Southwark 2 2 31 27 38 38 20 19 5 2 2 2
Tower Hamlets 2 2 32 24 9 2 2 2 7 2 2 2
Wandsworth 2 2 25 29 42 43 12 14 2 6 2 2
Westminster 2 2 25 20 12 25 6 13 2 2 2 2
Barking and Dagenham 2 2 52 55 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Barnet 2 5 81 44 10 10 6 10 2 2 2 2
Bexley 15 2 39 57 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Brent 2 2 30 20 51 66 7 14 2 2 2 2
Bromley 2 2 86 85 2 6 2 9 2 10 2 2
Croydon 2 2 76 64 34 34 9 9 6 2 2 2
Ealing 2 2 35 32 21 25 6 10 2 5 7 11
Enfield 2 2 44 55 24 14 2 7 2 2 2 2
Haringey 2 2 2 2 7 27 2 6 2 5 2 2
Harrow 2 2 34 27 12 12 2 6 2 2 2 5
Havering 2 2 58 70 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Hillingdon 2 2 57 61 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 6
Hounslow 2 2 58 52 8 8 2 5 2 2 5 11
Kingston-upon-Thames 2 2 23 35 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Merton 2 2 20 33 9 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Newham 2 2 21 23 16 8 5 6 2 2 2 2
Redbridge 2 2 22 18 2 2 7 2 2 2 7 2
Richmond-upon-Thames 2 2 28 42 6 8 2 2 2 2 2 2
Sutton 2 2 34 30 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Waltham Forest 5 2 51 50 14 30 2 2 2 5 2 2
Birmingham 8 2 130 170 79 85 2 2 5 2 2 7
Coventry 2 2 88 71 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Dudley 2 2 52 47 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Sandwell 2 2 76 78 18 27 2 2 2 2 11 6
Solihull 5 2 33 29 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Walsall 2 2 41 69 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Wolverhampton 2 2 39 38 18 23 2 2 2 12 2 10
Knowsley 2 2 28 38 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Liverpool 2 2 116 188 2 2 2 2 15 7 2 2
St. Helens 2 2 30 39 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Sefton 2 2 46 66 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Wirral 2 2 50 49 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Bolton 2 2 89 77 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5
Bury 2 2 57 72 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Manchester 6 2 109 147 22 36 2 2 7 14 2 2
Oldham 2 2 38 60 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Rochdale 2 2 29 43 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Salford 2 2 112 102 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Stockport 2 2 39 68 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Tameside 2 2 58 67 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Trafford 2 2 37 27 2 6 2 2 2 2 2 2
Wigan 2 2 51 71 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Barnsley 2 2 16 38 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Doncaster 2 2 100 130 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Rotherham 2 2 47 36 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Sheffield 2 2 71 124 9 18 2 2 2 2 2 2
Bradford 2 2 100 137 2 8 2 2 2 2 2 2
Calderdale 2 2 23 29 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Kirklees 2 2 39 49 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Leeds 2 2 158 152 10 12 2 2 2 9 2 2
Wakefield 2 2 102 99 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Gateshead 2 2 33 32 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2 2 92 114 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
North Tyneside 2 2 60 72 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
South Tyneside 2 2 64 89 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Sunderland 2 2 48 49 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Isles of Scilly 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Avon 11 3 201 3 11 3 2 3 9 3 2 3
Bath and North East Somerset1 3 2 3 26 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2
City of Bristol1 3 2 3 114 3 12 3 2 3 9 3 2
North Somerset1 3 2 3 29 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2
South Gloucestershire1 3 2 3 50 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2
Bedfordshire 2 2 103 106 14 14 2 2 2 2 6 2
Berkshire 6 2 164 191 14 16 2 2 2 2 5 2
Buckinghamshire 2 2 79 85 2 9 2 2 2 2 2 2
Cambridge 7 2 102 115 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Cheshire 2 2 167 202 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Cleveland 2 3 88 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3
Hartlepool1 3 2 3 17 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2
Middlesbrough1 3 2 3 21 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2
Redcar and Cleveland1 3 2 3 34 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2
Stockton-on-Tees1 3 2 3 39 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2

Number of permanent exclusions from maintained primary, secondary and special schools by ethnic group and Local Education Authority Area
England 1994–95 and 1995–96
Unclassified White Black Caribbean Black African Black Other Indian
1994–95 1995–96 1994–95 1995–96 1994–95 1995–96 1994–95 1995–96 1994–95 1995–96 1994–95 1995–96
Cornwall 2 2 81 98 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Cumbria 2 2 79 106 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Derbyshire 2 2 155 234 5 2 2 7 2 2 2 2
Devon 2 2 135 148 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Dorset 2 2 115 124 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Durham 2 2 112 125 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
East Sussex 2 2 146 144 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Essex 2 2 201 267 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Gloucestershire 2 2 107 131 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Hampshire 11 2 357 454 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Hereford and Worcester 2 2 123 140 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Hertfordshire 2 2 159 231 7 13 2 2 2 2 2 2
Humberside 2 3 107 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3
City of Kingston-Upon-Hull1 3 2 3 44 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2
East Riding of Yorkshire1 3 2 3 32 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2
North East Lincolnshire1 3 2 3 43 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2
North Lincolnshire1 3 2 3 31 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2
Isle of Wight 2 2 12 12 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Kent 2 2 344 424 2 5 2 2 2 2 5 2
Lancashire 2 2 298 333 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Leicestershire 2 2 157 197 8 13 2 2 2 2 2 14
Lincolnshire 5 2 112 111 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Norfolk 2 2 103 120 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
North Yorkshire1 2 2 86 77 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
York1 3 2 3 35 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2
Northamptonshire 2 2 132 157 11 2 2 2 2 8 2 2
Northumberland 2 2 66 92 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Nottinghamshire 2 2 203 280 12 20 2 2 12 15 2 2
Oxfordshire 2 2 37 43 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Shropshire 2 2 110 139 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Somerset 2 2 62 71 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Staffordshire 2 2 242 247 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Suffolk 2 2 104 108 2 2 2 2 6 2 2 2
Surrey 2 2 198 199 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Warwickshire 2 2 73 89 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
West Sussex 2 2 113 142 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Wiltshire 2 2 103 88 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Total 183 10 8,785 10,280 769 884 146 225 182 245 98 122

Number of permanent exclusions from maintained primary, secondary and special schools by ethnic group and Local Education Authority Area
England 1994–95 and 1995–96
Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Other Ethnic Group Totals
1994–95 1995–96 1994–95 1995–96 1994–95 1995–96 1994–95 1995–96 1994–95 1995–96
City of London 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0
Camden 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 54 51
Greenwich 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 14 57 90
Hackney 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 23 38
Hammersmith and Fulham 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 73 64
Islington 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 16 67 75
Kensington and Chelsea 2 2 2 2 2 2 8 2 31 29
Lambeth 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 55 66
Lewisham 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 5 68 79
Southwark 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 96 89
Tower Hamlets 2 2 8 22 2 2 2 2 59 54
Wandsworth 2 2 2 2 2 2 8 7 90 103
Westminster 2 2 2 2 2 2 8 8 59 71
Barking and Dagenham 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 57 67
Barnet 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 108 77
Bexley 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 55 61
Brent 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 104 114
Bromley 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 101 111
Croydon 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 9 134 119
Ealing 2 6 2 2 2 2 2 6 73 96
Enfield 2 2 2 2 2 2 9 13 85 92
Haringey 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 19 49
Harrow 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 55 65
Havering 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 60 72
Hillingdon 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 65 71
Hounslow 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 2 87 88
Kingston-upon-Thames 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 26 38
Merton 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 35 50
Newham 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 2 54 43
Redbridge 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 52 32
Richmond-upon-Thames 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 34 52
Sutton 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 37 32
Waltham Forest 14 19 2 2 2 2 2 2 91 113

Number of permanent exclusions from maintained primary, secondary and special schools by ethnic group and Local Education Authority Area
England 1994–95 and 1995–96
Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Other Ethnic Group Totals
1994–95 1995–96 1994–95 1995–96 1994–95 1995–96 1994–95 1995–96 1994–95 1995–96
Birmingham 28 24 2 2 2 2 11 50 266 339
Coventry 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 2 104 86
Dudley 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 55 51
Sandwell 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 120 121
Solihull 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 41 37
Walsall 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 58 80
Wolverhampton 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 5 70 92
Knowsley 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 29 42
Liverpool 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 142 200
St. Helens 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 30 40
Sefton 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 47 68
Wirral 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 52 51
Bolton 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 95 87
Bury 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 63 77
Manchester 6 7 2 2 2 2 2 7 152 216
Oldham 9 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 49 76
Rochdale 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 31 47
Salford 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 115 103
Stockport 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 40 70
Tameside 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 61 68
Trafford 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 47 34
Wigan 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 55 73
Barnsley 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 16 39
Doncaster 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 105 133
Rotherham 2 8 2 2 2 2 2 2 50 44
Sheffield 2 12 2 2 2 2 5 9 94 165
Bradford 18 34 2 2 2 2 2 2 128 187
Calderdale 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 24 34
Kirklees 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 54 60
Leeds 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 182 182
Wakefield 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 104 103
Gateshead 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 34 32
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 95 117
North Tyneside 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 60 72
South Tyneside 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 67 92
Sunderland 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 49 49
Isles of Scilly 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Avon 2 3 2 3 2 3 7 3 246 3
Bath and North East Somerset1 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 28
City of Bristol1 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 139
North Somerset1 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 29
South Gloucestershire1 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 53
Bedfordshire 7 10 5 6 2 2 2 5 137 147
Berkshire 7 13 2 2 2 2 2 5 204 232
Buckinghamshire 9 10 2 2 2 2 6 2 104 110
Cambridge 2 9 2 2 2 2 2 2 115 126
Cheshire 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 178 207
Cleveland 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 90 3
Hartlepool1 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 17
Middlesbrough1 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 21
Redcar and Cleveland1 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 34
Stockton-on-Tees1 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 40
Cornwall 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 81 99
Cumbria 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 79 106
Derbyshire 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 167 257
Devon 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 139 148
Dorset 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 116 126
Durham 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 114 126
East Sussex 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 151 155
Essex 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 210 272
Gloucestershire 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 6 119 142
Hampshire 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 8 376 476
Hereford and Worcester 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 127 141
Hertfordshire 5 6 2 2 2 2 6 6 188 266
Humberside 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 108 3
City of Kingston-Upon-Hull1 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 44
East Riding of Yorkshire1 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 32
North East Lincolnshire1 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 43
North Lincolnshire1 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 33
Isle of Wight 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 13 13
Kent 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 12 362 447
Lancashire 20 21 2 2 2 2 2 2 326 366
Leicestershire 2 2 2 2 2 2 9 12 184 240
Lincolnshire 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 117 114
Norfolk 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 104 122
North Yorkshire1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 88 78
York1 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 36
Northamptonshire 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 149 176

Number of permanent exclusions from maintained primary, secondary and special schools by ethnic group and Local Education Authority Area
England 1994–95 and 1995–96
Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Other Ethnic Group Totals
1994–95 1995–96 1994–95 1995–96 1994–95 1995–96 1994–95 1995–96 1994–95 1995–96
Northumberland 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 66 93
Nottinghamshire 6 7 2 2 2 2 2 7 238 330
Oxfordshire 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 49 47
Shropshire 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 113 148
Somerset 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 62 71
Staffordshire 5 11 2 2 2 2 2 2 256 268
Suffolk 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 117 112
Surrey 2 5 2 2 2 2 2 6 218 215
Warwickshire 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 77 95
West Sussex 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 120 145
Wiltshire 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 2 113 93
Total 208 270 46 59 11 15 241 370 10,669 12,476
1New Authorities from 1 April 1996
2Fewer than 5 pupils
3Not applicable