HC Deb 31 July 1998 vol 317 c815W
Ms Buck

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list, for each education authority area, the percentage of the school population which has been permanently excluded from school, by ethnic origin. [53566]

Ms Estelle Morris

Information on the percentage of the school population who were permanently excluded from school in the 1996–97 school year, by ethnic group, will be published in a Statistical Press Notice in September.

Ms Buck

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list, for each local authority area, the number and percentage of pupils categorised as being in each of the categories of ethnic origin for which data are collected. [53565]

Ms Estelle Morris

Information on the number and percentage of pupils in each ethnic group in each local education authority area in England in January 1997 was published in the Department's Statistical Press Notice 341/97, which is available in the Library.