§ Helen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list, for each local education authority in the North West Region,(a) the average number of pupils excluded from school and the percentage of pupils this figure represents and (b) the number of full-time equivalent education welfare officers employed by each local education authority in each of the past five years. [102882]
§ Jacqui SmithThe information available is shown in the tables.
Information on the number of education welfare officers employed by local education authorities is not held centrally.
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Number and percentage of permanent exclusions in maintained primary, secondary and special schools by Local Education Authority area in the North West Government Office Region: England 1995–96 to 1998–99 Position as at January of each academic year 1995–96 1995–96 Primary Secondary Special1 Total Number of exclusions Percentage2 Number of exclusions Percentage2 Number of exclusions Percentage2 Number of exclusions Percentage2 North West 225 0.04 1,243 0.37 62 0.54 1,530 0.17 Cheshire3 38 0.04 155 0.24 14 0.77 207 0.13 Halton4 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— Warrington 4 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— Cheshire4 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— Cumbria 15 0.03 91 0.28 0 0.00 106 0.14 Bolton 7 0.02 80 0.46 0 0.00 87 0.19 Bury 11 0.06 65 0.60 1 0.36 77 0.26 Manchester 34 0.07 173 0.79 9 0.60 216 0.31 Oldham 8 0.03 64 0.38 4 0.71 76 0.18 Rochdale 6 0.03 37 0.28 4 0.80 47 0.13 Salford 21 0.09 79 0.66 3 0.71 103 0.28 Stockport 8 0.03 58 0.37 4 0.55 70 0.16 Tameside 9 0.04 59 0.42 0 0.00 68 0.18 Trafford 8 0.04 25 0.19 1 0.24 34 0.10 Wigan 15 0.05 54 0.27 4 0.43 73 0.14 Lancashire3 45 0.03 303 0.35 18 0.57 366 0.16 Blackburn with Darwen4 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— Blackpool4 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— Lancashire4 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5—
Position as at January of each academic year 1996–97 Primary Secondary Special1 Total Number of exclusions Percentage2 Number of exclusions Percentage2 Number of exclusions Percentage2 Number of exclusions Percentage2 North West 188 0.03 1,268 0.37 77 0.66 1,533 0.17 Cheshire3 29 0.03 144 0.22 14 0.78 187 0.12 Halton4 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— Warrington4 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— Cheshire4 5—> 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— Cumbria 9 0.02 99 0.31 1 0.36 109 0.14 Bolton 17 0.06 80 0.45 3 0.58 100 0.21 Bury 9 0.05 57 0.51 2 0.80 68 0.23 Manchester 26 0.06 151 0.68 14 0.96 191 0.27 Oldham 7 0.03 59 0.35 1 0.19 67 0.16 Rochdale 5 0.02 42 0.32 1 0.19 48 0.13 Salford 9 0.04 92 0.76 1 0.17 102 0.28 Stockport 7 0.03 57 0.36 7 1.00 71 0.16 Tameside 10 0.04 52 0.37 0 0.00 62 0.16 Trafford 10 0.05 24 0.18 0 0.00 34 0.10 Wigan 8 0.03 58 0.29 11 1.14 77 0.15 Lancashire4 42 0.03 353 0.40 22 0.72 417 0.18 Blackburn with Darwen4 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— Blackpool4 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— Lancashire4 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5—
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Position as at January of each academic year 1997–98 Primary Secondary Special1 Total Number of exclusions Percentage2 Number of exclusions Percentage2 Number of exclusions Percentage2 Number of exclusions Percentage2 North West 207 0.04 1,182 0.34 68 0.59 1,457 0.16 Cheshire3 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— Halton4 2 0.02 21 0.24 0 0.00 23 0.11 Warrington4 3 0.02 23 0.18 6 1.65 32 0.10 Cheshire4 23 0.04 81 0.18 8 0.73 112 0.10
Position as at January of each academic year 1997–98 Primary Secondary Special1 Total Number of exclusions Percentage2 Number of exclusions Percentage2 Number of exclusions Percentage2 Number of exclusions Percentage2 Cumbria 8 0.02 92 0.28 0 0.00 100 0.13 Bolton 10 0.04 73 0.40 3 0.59 86 0.18 Bury 3 0.02 49 0.44 0 0.00 52 0.18 Manchester 45 0.10 146 0.65 7 0.48 198 0.28 Oldham 9 0.04 60 0.36 2 0.38 71 0.17 Rochdale 3 0.01 23 0.17 3 0.57 29 0.08 Salford 10 0.04 82 0.68 1 0.17 93 0.26 Stockport 11 0.04 54 0.34 1 0.15 66 0.15 Tameside 10 0.04 62 0.43 1 0.22 73 0.19 Trafford 3 0.01 30 0.20 0 0.00 33 0.09 Wigan 14 0.05 61 0.30 11 1.15 86 0.17 Lancashire3 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— 5— Blackburn with Darwen4 6 0.04 49 0.51 7 1.37 62 0.24 Blackpool4 4 0.03 36 0.52 0 0.00 40 0.20 Lancashire4 43 0.04 240 0.33 18 0.80 301 0.17 1Includes maintained and non maintained special schools 2 The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of full and part-time pupils of all ages in primary, secondary and special schools, excluding dually registered pupils in special schools in January of each year 3Local Education Authority areas prior to 1 April 1998 before Local Government Reorganisation 4New Local Education Authority areas from 1 April 1998 after Local Government Reorganisation 5Not applicable