§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) primary schools, (b) city technology colleges, (c) other secondary schools and (d) special schools have been fined for excluding pupils in each year since 1998; if he will list each school; and what the size was of the fine for each individual school affected. [127897]
§ Mr. MilibandSchools have never been fined for excluding pupils. Between 1999 and 2003 they received more than £350 million in specific funding for688W preventive work with pupils at risk of exclusion in addition to the normal delegated funding for those pupils. If a pupil was excluded LEAs were able to recover between £2,000 and £6,000 from schools to help pay for alternative provision. LEAs were not required to give the Department details of such recoveries. Funding for preventive work and provision for permanently excluded pupils is now mainstreamed so LEAs and schools determine resourcing arrangements locally.
§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent correspondence he has had with the teacher unions on the exclusion of pupils from schools; and if he will place that correspondence in the Library. [127898]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has had no recent correspondence with the teacher unions on the exclusion of pupils from schools.