§ David Burnside:To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what progress has been made on 742W reducing the number of disaffected pupils in post primary schools by 15 per cent. as set out in the Department of Education Business Plan 2003–04. [142210]
§ Jane Kennedy:The target is to achieve the reduction by 2006. At the end of the 2003–04 school year the baseline for persistent non-attendance and multiple suspensions will be determined and it is against this that progress will be measured. It will be November 2005 before the first report on progress is available.