§ Dr. PughTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many exclusions from English primary schools there were in the last three years; [148045]
(2) how many (a) short-term, (b) long-term and (c) permanent exclusions there were from English secondary schools for the last three years. [148104]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisInformation on fixed term exclusions is not yet available centrally. The Department has recently started to collect information from local education authorities on both fixed term and permanent exclusions on a termly basis. The first term's data are not yet available.
Information on the number of permanent exclusions in maintained primary and secondary schools is shown in the table.
Maintained primary and secondary schools1 number of permanent exclusions
Academic years 1999/2000 to 2001/02 England Maintained Primary Maintained Secondary Number of permanent
exclusions
Percentage of the school
population
32Number of permanent
exclusions
Percentage of the school
population
321999/2000 1,226 0.03 6,713 0.21 2000/012 1,436 0.03 7,305 0.23 2001/02 1,451 0.03 7,741 0.24 1 Includes middle schools as deemed. 2 Permanent exclusions for 2000/01 are estimated as a number of local education authorities have not confirmed the data for their schools. 3 The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of pupils in primary and secondary schools. Source:
Annual Schools' Census
§ Mr. HobanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children were excluded from school in each local education authority in each year since 1997. [148431]
§ Mr. Ivan Lewis[holding answer 19 January 2004]: The Information requested for permanent exclusions has been placed in the House of Commons Library.
Information on fixed term exclusions is not yet available centrally. The Department has recently started 1325W to collect information from local education authorities on both fixed term and permanent exclusions on a termly basis. The first term's data are not yet available.
§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children aged(a) between four and 11, (b) between 12 and 16 and (c) between 16 and
Maintained primary and secondary schools1 and special schools2: Number of permanent exclusions by age group
Academic years 1995/96 to 2001/02
London Local Education Authorities
1995/96 1996/97 Pupils aged3 4–11 12–15 16–18 4–11 12–15 16–18 London 413 1,781 56 463 1,683 47 Inner London 174 622 15 199 559 13 City of London 0 0 0 0 0 0 Camden 11 39 1 20 49 2 Hackney 14 23 1 15 26 0 Hammersmith and Fulham 15 47 2 23 49 0 Haringey 8 39 2 5 42 2 Islington 16 59 0 13 31 2 Kensington and Chelsea 8 20 1 8 16 0 Lambeth 14 52 0 13 48 2 Lewisham 26 53 0 18 40 2 Newham 10 33 0 9 31 0 Southwark 22 66 1 26 67 0 Tower Hamlets 10 44 0 12 51 1 Wandsworth 11 86 6 27 64 0 Westminster 9 61 1 10 45 2 Outer London 239 1,159 41 264 1,124 34 Barking and Dagenham 18 46 3 21 66 2 Barnet 15 58 4 14 76 1 Bexley 10 49 2 21 42 0 Brent 12 101 1 13 80 6 Bromley 19 84 8 15 80 4 Croydon 20 98 1 30 108 0 Ealing 20 69 7 17 71 3 Enfield 8 81 3 7 87 8 Greenwich 22 68 0 19 58 2 Harrow 5 60 0 5 54 0 Havering 10 61 1 14 42 0 Hillingdon 12 55 4 13 55 0 Hounslow 17 66 5 24 69 4 Kingston-upon-Thames 6 30 2 7 28 0 Merton 7 42 0 5 16 1 Redbridge 4 28 0 4 28 2 Richmond-upon-Thames 7 45 0 8 51 0 Sutton 9 23 0 6 30 0 Waltham Forest 18 95 0 21 83 1 1326W
1997/98 1998/99 Pupils aged3 4–11 12–15 16–18 4–11 12–15 16–18 London 422 1,553 52 348 1.402 32 Inner London 201 539 16 144 487 8 City of London 0 0 0 0 0 0 Camden 16 32 2 3 29 0 Hackney 22 24 0 15 21 0 Hammersmith and Fulham 17 35 0 4 41 3 Haringey 10 36 0 13 30 0 Islington 14 33 0 11 24 1 Kensington and Chelsea 7 31 0 8 21 0 Lambeth 17 45 0 13 27 0 Lewisham 28 47 2 18 46 1 Newham 15 38 1 15 39 0 Southwark 27 69 0 21 87 0 Tower Hamlets 6 43 0 2 30 0 Wandsworth 15 61 0 17 58 1 Westminster 7 45 11 4 34 2 18 have been excluded from school in each London borough in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [148440]
§ Mr. Ivan Lewis[holding answer 15 January 2004]: The available information, shown in the table, relates to permanent exclusions from 1995/96 onward.
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1997/98 1998/99 Pupils aged3 4–11 12–15 16–18 4–11 12–15 16–18 Outer London 221 1,014 36 204 915 24 Barking and Dagenham 11 35 1 15 23 1 Barnet 10 56 11 7 31 4 Bexley 16 54 2 20 40 1 Brent 11 80 6 9 68 0 Bromley 16 76 1 13 73 1 Croydon 29 79 0 25 106 0 Ealing 26 54 2 10 63 I Enfield 16 66 5 8 61 7 Greenwich 13 47 1 20 57 2 Harrow 7 53 0 9 33 0 Havering 7 63 0 7 34 0 Hillingdon 5 53 0 10 56 0 Hounslow 13 54 4 9 54 4 Kingston-upon-Thames 2 25 2 2 23 0 Merton 7 29 0 5 19 0 Redbridge 5 30 0 8 33 1 Richmond-upon-Thames 2 52 0 7 38 0 Sutton 8 37 0 9 28 2 Waltham Forest 17 71 1 11 75 0 1328W 1329W
1999/2000 2000/014 Pupils aged3 4–11 12–15 16–18 4–11 12–15 16–18 London 251 1,021 17 298 1,145 5 Inner London 127 385 4 121 417 1 City of London 1 0 0 0 0 0 Camden 7 15 0 11 23 0 Hackney 9 22 0 11 23 0 Hammersmith and Fulham 4 17 0 9 31 0 Haringey 10 15 0 1 29 0 Islington 4 15 1 1 18 0 Kensington and Chelsea 7 17 0 5 12 0 Lambeth 12 19 0 13 28 0 Lewisham 26 47 2 20 63 0 Newham 10 23 0 10 26 0 Southwark 10 58 1 19 44 0 Tower Hamlets 2 29 0 6 40 0 Wandsworth 20 74 0 11 54 1 Westminster 5 34 0 4 25 0 Outer London 124 636 13 177 729 4 Barking and Dagenham 8 23 0 9 10 0 Barnet 9 48 0 7 48 0 Bexley 8 24 1 21 58 0 Brent 12 45 0 12 37 0 Bromley 4 21 3 10 50 1 Croydon 13 74 0 28 89 1 Ealing 3 22 2 5 28 0 Enfield 9 64 0 14 58 0 Greenwich 8 35 0 13 26 0 Harrow 5 34 0 11 57 0 Havering 2 32 0 4 28 0 Hillingdon 5 40 2 15 50 0 Hounslow 9 43 0 8 40 1 Kingston-upon-Thames 1 14 1 1 7 0 Merton 6 17 0 3 29 0 Redbridge 5 20 4 6 21 1 Richmond-upon-Thames 2 23 0 4 27 0 Sutton 0 19 0 2 22 0 Waltham Forest 15 38 0 6 43 0
2001/023 Pupils aged3 4–11 12–15 16–18 London 291 1,154 11 Inner London 115 372 2 City of London 0 0 0 Camden 5 23 0 Hackney 15 18 0 Hammersmith and Fulham 4 32 Haringey 4 28 0 Islington 2 10 0 Kensington and Chelsea 4 9 0 Lambeth 11 27 0 Lewisham 21 45 0 Newham 13 37 0 Southwark 13 37 0 Tower Hamlets 2 36 0 Wandsworth 18 45 Westminster 3 24 0 Outer London 176 782 8 Barking and Dagenham 10 14 0 Barnet 4 49 1 Bexley 11 49 0 Brent 6 32 0 Bromley 9 74 2 Croydon 29 116 0 Ealing 13 51 0 Enfield 8 64 0 Greenwich 23 28 0 Harrow 6 62 0 Havering 3 37 5 Hillingdon 12 31 0 Hounslow 15 44 0 Kingston-upon-Thames 2 2 0 Merton 3 20 0 Redbridge 7 25 0 Richmond-upon-Thames 6 25 0 Sutton 5 30 0 Waltham Forest 3 32 0 1 Includes middle schools as deemed. 2 Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools. 3 Age as at 31 August at start of reference year. 4 Estimates have been made for 2000/01 and 2001/02 because the exclusion data are known to be incomplete. Source:
Annual Schools' Census
§ Dr. PughTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what records the Government keeps on the causes for school exclusions; and whether it lists them by category. [148095]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisMy Department started to collect data on the reasons for exclusions from summer term 2003. The first term's data are not yet available.