HC Deb 14 January 2003 vol 397 c571W
Mr. Brady

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils have been(a) permanently and (b) temporarily excluded from maintained schools in relation to drugs offences in each of the last five years. [88884]

Mr. Miliband

The information requested is not available centrally.

Participation in Education in England
16-year-olds 17-year-olds 18-year-olds
End of year Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time
1991 66.6 9.7 48.8 13.7 28.3 13.2
1992 70.0 8.0 54.1 11.0 33.1 11.6
1993 72.6 7.5 57.5 9.7 37.0 10.3
1994 71.0 8.1 58.7 9.9 38.4 10.0
1995 70.4 7.3 58.4 8.9 39.4 9.5
1996 69.7 7.8 57.9 9.2 38.4 10.1
1997 69.4 6.7 57.4 8.4 37.7 9.4
1998 69.8 6.6 57.8 8.5 37.2 9.6
1999 71.3 6.6 58.7 8.7 37.3 9.8
2000 71.4 6.5 59.0 8.2 37.1 9.3
2001 71.2 7.3 58.4 9.6 36.6 9.9

Equivalent overall participation rates are not produced by the Department for those aged 19 and over.