HC Deb 27 July 1999 vol 336 cc168-70W
Ms Buck

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many children were permanently excluded from school(a) per 1,000 of the school age population and (b) as a percentage of children from each ethnic group, in each local authority area in London. [93068]

Ms Estelle Morris

The information requested is shown in the tables.

Numbers and proportion of permanent exclusions in schools in the Greater London local education authority areas January 1999 (provisional)
Primary1 Secondary1 Special2
Number of permanent exclusions Per 1000 of the school population3 Number of permanent exclusion Per 1000 of the school population3 Number permanent exclusions Per 1000 of the school population3
Barking 9 0.5 38 3.7 0 0.0
Barnet 8 0.3 65 3.2 4 10.3
Bexley 11 0.5 59 3.8 2 5.5
Brent 7 0.3 90 6.5 0 0.0
Bromley 10 0.4 83 4.4 0 0.0
Croydon 17 0.5 85 5.4 6 10.9
Ealing 11 0.4 71 5.0 0 0.0
Enfield 10 0.4 74 3.9 3 5.9
Greenwich 8 0.4 48 3.5 5 6.9
Harrow 5 0.2 50 6.1 5 24.6
Havering 4 0.2 66 4.5 0 0.0
Hillingdon 3 0.1 52 3.4 3 4.8
Hounslow 8 0.4 61 4.0 2 5.4
Kingston upon Thames 0 0.0 27 3.3 2 8.9
Merton 4 0.2 32 4.1 0 0.0
Redbridge 5 0.2 29 1.7 1 2.4
Richmond upon Thames 1 0.1 53 7.0 0 0.0
Sutton 6 0.4 37 2.9 2 7.1
Waltham Forest 10 0.5 76 6.3 3 4.1
1 Includes middle schools
2 Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools
3 Numbers of permanent exclusions expressed as a proportion (per 1000) of the of the number of full-time and part-time pupils of all ages in primary, secondary and special schools, excluding dually registered pupils in special schools in January 1998
4 Not applicable (no schools of this type)

Percentages1 of permanent exclusions of pupils of compulsory school age by ethnic group in the Greater London education authority areas January 1999 (provisional)
White Black Caribbean Black African Black other Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Any other
City of London 0.0 0.0 0.0 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2—
Camden 0.2 1.9 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.3
Greenwich 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2
Hackney 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2
Hammersmith & Fulham 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
Islington 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
Kensington & Chelsea 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
Lambeth 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Lewisham 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
Southwark 0.2 1.0 0.2 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1
Tower Hamlets 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.7
Wandsworth 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.2
Westminster 0.3 1.1 0.2 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3
Barking 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
Barnet 0.1 1.2 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1
Bexley 0.2 0.6 0.5 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Brent 0.2 1.1 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
Bromley 0.2 0.7 0.9 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1
Croydon 0.2 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.1
Ealing 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
Enfield 0.2 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.2
Haringey 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Harrow 0.2 1.5 0.5 0.9 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2
Havering 0.2 0.5 2.1 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hillingdon 0.2 0.5 0.4 1.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hounslow 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Kingston upon Thames 0.2 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0
Merton 0.2 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Newham 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
Redbridge 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2
Richmond upon Thames 0.3 3.8 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sutton 0.2 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
Waltham Forest 0.3 1.1 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2
1 The number of permanent exclusions of compulsory school age expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of pupils of compulsory school age in each ethnic group, in primary, secondary and special schools (excluding dually registered pupils in special schools) in January 1998
2 Not applicable (no schools of this type)