HC Deb 08 April 2003 vol 403 c188W
David Davis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils were(a) suspended and (b) expelled from maintained schools in the East Riding of Yorkshire in each year since 1997. [105233]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

Information on permanent exclusions is shown in the table.

5 Figures for 2002 are not directly comparable with those for earlier years because of the introduction of a new SEN code of practice.