Mr. Anthony D. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils were excluded from schools in(a) Great Yarmouth and (b) Norfolk in each year since 1997. [186710]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe available information is given in the table.
Exclusions data for 2000/01, 2001/02 and 2002/03 are known to have been under-reported by some schools. The Department carried out a checking exercise, but this was at LEA level only. As a result this information is not available at parliamentary constituency level for the three most recent years.
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Maintained primary and secondary schools number and percentage of permanently excluded pupils 1997–98 to 2002–032,3
Primary Secondary Number Percentage4 Number Percentage4 Great Yarmouth parliamentary constituency 1997–98 10 0.09 20 0.59 1998–99 10 0.07 30 0.76 1999–2000 5— 0.03 10 0.14 2000–01 n/a n/a n/a n/a 2001–02 n/a n/a n/a n/a 2002–033 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Maintained primary and secondary schools1 number and percentage of permanently excluded pupils 1997–98 to 2002–032.3
Primary Secondary Number Percentage4 Number Percentage4 Norfolk LEA 1997–98 40 0.05 100 0.25 1998–99 30 0.04 130 0.31 1999–2000 20 0.03 60 0.14 2000–01 20 0.03 40 0.10 2001–02 20 0.04 50 0.12 2002–033 10 0.02 50 0.10 n/a=Not available. 1Includes middle schools as deemed. 2Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. 3Provisional.
Maintained primary schools1: Number and percentage of permanently excluded pupils, 1997/98 to 2002/03 (provisional)1 Enfield LEA Inner London England Number Percentage3 Number Percentage3 Number Percentage3 1997–98 10 0.04 150 0.05 1,540 0.03 1998–99 10 0.02 110 0.05 1,370 0.03 1999–2000 4— 0.01 80 0.03 1.230 0.03 2000–01 10 0.02 80 0.04 1,440 0.03 2001–02 10 0.02 80 0.03 1,450 0.03 2002–035 10 0.02 60 0.03 1,300 0.03 1Includes middle schools as deemed. 2Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. There may be discrepancies between the sum of constituent items and the totals as shown. 3The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of pupils, excluding dually registered pupils. 4Less than 5. 5Provisional. Source: Annual Schools Census.
Maintained primary schools1: Number and percentage of permanently excluded pupils, 1997/98 to 2002/03 (provisional)1 Enfield LEA Inner London England Number Percentage3 Number Percentage3 Number Percentage3 1997–98 70 0.39 570 0.48 10,190 0.33 1998–99 70 0.36 500 0.41 8,640 0.28 1999–2000 70 0.34 410 0.33 6,710 0.21 2000–01 70 0.32 430 0.34 7,310 0.23 2001–02 60 0.31 390 0.30 7,740 0.24 2002–034 50 0.22 390 0.33 7,690 0.23 1 Includes middle schools as deemed. 2Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. There may be discrepancies between the sum of constituent items and the totals as shown. 3The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of pupils, excluding dually registered pupils. 4Provisional. Source: Annual Schools Census. We do not hold information centrally on the numbers of excluded pupils unable to access a place in school. However, from September 2002 all local education authorities (LEAs) have been committed to providing suitable full-time education for permanently excluded pupils from the sixteenth day of their exclusion. Since then all but a handful of LEAs have met this commitment. Currently only two LEAs are not meeting it and the Department is working with them to help them achieve it.