HC Deb 28 October 1999 vol 336 c980W
Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment he has made of the educational arrangements for pupils excluded from schools. [94276]

Jacqui Smith

Excluded pupils are likely to be educated in either a pupil referral unit (PRU) or through home tuition by the LEA. Ofsted has a rolling inspection programme of PRUs. LEAs are inspected over the full range of their education responsibilities.