HC Deb 23 January 2003 vol 398 cc462-3W
Mr. Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of children excluded from mainstream schooling were in an alternative form of education in the last period for which figures are available. [90913]

Mr. Miliband

All local education authorities were committed to offering a full timetable to permanently excluded pupils from September 2002. In targeted schools in 34 local authorities, provision is also being made for those excluded on a temporary basis. These arrangements will be extended to a further 27 local authorities in the coming year.

The most recent information on type of provision for permanently excluded pupils is for September 2001 and is shown in the table.

Distribution of mode of provision of education for permanently
excluded pupils—England, September 20011
Key Stage of pupil Key Stages 1 and 22 Key Stage 33
Number of pupils excluded Percentage of the total number of exclusions4 Number of pupils excluded Percentage of the total number of exclusions4
PRU 289 44.7 1,057 51.0
Home tuition 199 30.8 421 20.3
Voluntary Sector 0 0.0 17 0.8
FE college — — 2 0.1
Work related — — 2 0.1
Mixed provision 33 5.1 99 4.8
other provision 72 11.1 186 9.0
No provision 53 8.2 288 13.9
Total 646 100.0 2,072 100.0

Key Stage of pupil Key Stages 45 Total
Number of pupils excluded Percentage of the total number of exclusions4 Number of pupils excluded Percentage of the total number of exclusions4
PRU 2,452 46.6 3,798 47.6
Home tuition 504 9.6 1,124 14.1
Voluntary Sector 78 1.5 95 1.2
FE college 671 12.8 673 8.4
Work related 268 5.1 270 3.4
Mixed provision 393 7.5 525 6.6
Other provision 402 7.6 660 8.3
No provision 489 9.3 830 10.4
Total 5,257 100.0 7,975 100.0
1Based on replies from 146 out of 150 local education authorities.
2Generally ages 5–10 at the start of the school year.
3Generally ages 11–13 at the start of the school year.
4The number of exclusions expressed as a percentage of the total number of exclusions within that Key Stage.
5Generally ages 14–15 at the start of the school year.

Source:

Education of Permanently Excluded Pupils 2001 survey