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Pupil Exclusions Pupil Referral Units

Volume 461: debated on Wednesday 6 June 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of pupils were (a) permanently excluded and (b) given fixed period exclusions from pupil referral units in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority. (139512)

The available information is shown in the table.

The first year for which information on exclusions from pupil referral units is available relates to the 2003/04 academic year. Data on exclusions from pupil referral units were collected retrospectively via the Termly Exclusions Survey. Exclusions data for 2004/05 academic year were published in June 2006.

The Termly Exclusions Survey has now discontinued so data on exclusions from Pupil Referral Units in 2005/06 are not available.

Pupil referral units: number and percentage of permanent and fixed period exclusions, 2003/04 and 2004/05, by local authority area and Government office region in England

Permanent exclusions

Fixed period exclusions

2003/04

2004/05

2003/04

2004/05

No.1

%2

No.1

%2

No.1

%2

No.1

%2

England3

30

0.26

40

0.28

5,780

44.34

7,630

52.75

North East3

10

0.60

10

0.79

500

59.66

850

112.68

841

Darlington

0

0.00

0

0.00

15

71.43

158

329.17

840

Durham

0

0.00

0

0.00

5

45.45

4

14.29

390

Gateshead

4

4

4

6.35

76

84.44

91

144.44

805

Hartlepool

0

0.00

0

0.00

35

63.64

79

109.72

806

Middlesbrough

4

4

0

0.00

97

125.97

164

131.20

391

Newcastle upon Tyne

0

0.00

0

0.00

3

2.59

31

32.98

392

North Tyneside

0

0.00

4

4

38

63.33

76

149.02

929

Northumberland

4

4

0

0.00

5

166.67

20

666.67

807

Redcar and Cleveland

0

0.00

0

0.00

5

4.17

11

11.00

393

South Tyneside

0

0.00

0

0.00

146

92.41

102

103.03

808

Stockton-on-Tees

4

4

0

0.00

66

129.41

60

181.82

394

Sunderland

0

0.00

0

0.00

6

8.45

57

139.02

North West3

5

5

5

5

930

42.93

860

36.17

889

Blackburn with Darwen

0

0.00

0

0.00

4

4

0

0.00

890

Blackpool

0

0.00

0

0.00

4

4

0

0.00

350

Bolton

0

0.00

0

0.00

25

37.88

57

81.43

351

Bury

0

0.00

0

0.00

32

30.19

52

47.71

875

Cheshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

909

Cumbria

0

0.00

0

0.00

50

75.76

97

159.02

876

Halton

4

4

4

4

96

290.91

77

163.83

340

Knowsley

0

0.00

0

0.00

27

24.77

4

4

888

Lancashire

0

0.00

4

4

426

114.82

214

62.76

341

Liverpool

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

352

Manchester

0

0.00

0

0.00

6

1.46

13

3.58

353

Oldham6

0

0.00

23

57

100.00

354

Rochdale

0

0.00

0

0.00

89

77.39

97

110.23

355

Salford

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

21

16.94

343

Sefton

0

0.00

0

0.00

32

34.78

33

37.08

342

St. Helens

0

0.00

0

0.00

4

26.67

4

5.97

356

Stockport

0

0.00

0

0.00

27

300.00

57

57.58

357

Tameside

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

4

4

358

Trafford

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

4

4

877

Warrington

0

0.00

0

0.00

4

12.90

0

0.00

359

Wigan

0

0.00

0

0.00

62

144.19

72

144.00

344

Wirral

0

0.00

4

4

27

49.09

0

0.00

Yorkshire and the Humber3

5

5

10

0.36

810

58.39

1,280

90.96

370

Barnsley

0

0.00

0

0.00

25

35.21

107

105.94

380

Bradford

0

0.00

4

4

132

76.30

276

148.39

381

Calderdale

0

0.00

0

0.00

38

84.44

127

249.02

371

Doncaster

4

4

0

0.00

57

40.71

69

36.70

811

East Riding of Yorkshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

4

4

3

20.00

810

Kingston upon Hull, City of

4

4

4

4

176

308.77

236

374.60

382

Kirklees

0

0.00

0

0.00

45

26.01

71

35.50

383

Leeds

0

0.00

0

0.00

81

41.33

130

86.09

812

North East Lincolnshire

0

0.00

3

6.52

9

18.37

6

13.04

813

North Lincolnshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

41

74.55

28

96.55

815

North Yorkshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

3

13.04

3

12.00

372

Rotherham

0

0.00

0

0.00

8

20.00

10

23.26

373

Sheffield

0

0.00

0

0.00

129

84.87

89

80.91

384

Wakefield

4

4

0

0.00

64

136.17

123

256.25

816

York

0

0.00

0

0.00

4

4

0

0.00

East Midlands3

5

5

5

5

430

42.17

720

49.38

831

Derby

0

0.00

0

0.00

203

122.29

214

109.74

830

Derbyshire

4

4

0

0.00

163

525.81

380

157.02

856

Leicester

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

855

Leicestershire

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

925

Lincolnshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

3

1.40

4

4

928

Northamptonshire

0

0.00

4

4

0

0.00

0

0.00

892

Nottingham

4

4

4

4

42

25.30

90

54.22

891

Nottinghamshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

20

30.77

35

40.70

857

Rutland

West Midlands3

0

0.00

5

5

430

31.78

500

40.32

330

Birmingham

0

0.00

0

0.00

29

8.29

26

6.44

331

Coventry

0

0.00

0

0.00

8

133.33

0

0.00

332

Dudley

0

0.00

4

4

59

327.78

46

153.33

884

Herefordshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

9

22.50

6

27.27

333

Sandwell

0

0.00

0

0.00

96

76.19

150

214.29

893

Shropshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

334

Solihull

0

0.00

0

0.00

15

27.78

7

12.96

860

Staffordshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

4

4

0

0.00

861

Stoke-on-Trent

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

894

Telford and Wrekin

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

21

22.83

335

Walsall

0

0.00

0

0.00

8

7.69

4

7.14

937

Warwickshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

62

38.75

117

64.64

336

Wolverhampton

0

0.00

0

0.00

39

39.00

43

64.18

885

Worcestershire

0

0.00

0

0.00

104

45.41

82

62.12

East of England3

5

5

5

5

270

24.49

330

24.94

820

Bedfordshire

0

0.00

4

4

14

13.33

34

34.34

873

Cambridgeshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

80

30.53

98

42.79

881

Essex

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

919

Hertfordshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

4

4

19

17.12

821

Luton

0

0.00

0

0.00

9

36.00

15

93.75

926

Norfolk

0

0.00

0

0.00

43

113.16

25

8.83

874

Peterborough

0

0.00

0

0.00

6

37.50

8

50.00

882

Southend-on-Sea

0

0.00

0

0.00

39

169.57

41

120.59

935

Suffolk

4

4

4

4

68

46.26

60

46.15

883

Thurrock

0

0.00

4

4

5

7.81

28

33.73

London3

10

0.33

10

0.39

1,100

40.31

1,300

38.89

Inner London3

10

0.37

860

67.88

950

50.48

202

Camden

0

0.00

0

0.00

44

118.92

30

40.00

201

City of London

204

Hackney

0

0.00

4

4

64

136.17

59

18.97

205

Hammersmith and Fulham

0

0.00

0

0.00

43

22.75

47

26.70

309

Haringey

0

0.00

0

0.00

163

155.24

81

89.01

206

Islington

0

0.00

0

0.00

285

239.50

231

210.00

207

Kensington and Chelsea

0

0.00

0

0.00

9

20.45

9

19.57

208

Lambeth

4

4

4

4

0

0.00

15

14.85

209

Lewisham

0

0.00

4

4

119

81.51

199

140.14

316

Newham

0

0.00

3

0.73

0

0.00

66

16.06

210

Southwark

4

4

0

0.00

125

125.00

211

281.33

211

Tower Hamlets

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

212

Wandsworth

0

0.00

0

0.00

4

4

0

0.00

213

Westminster

0

0.00

0

0.00

7

116.67

5

10.87

Outer London3

10

0.34

10

0.41

240

16.25

350

23.83

301

Barking and Dagenham

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

302

Barnet

0

0.00

4

4

0

0.00

9

17.31

303

Bexley

0

0.00

0

0.00

8

15.69

9

17.65

304

Brent

0

0.00

0

0.00

35

34.65

40

41.24

305

Bromley

0

0.00

0

0.00

26

26.00

46

46.94

306

Croydon

4

4

0

0.00

39

11.14

74

22.70

307

Ealing

0

0.00

0

0.00

29

21.80

23

17.29

308

Enfield

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

4

3.54

203

Greenwich

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

4

4

310

Harrow

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

311

Havering

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

312

Hillingdon

0

0.00

0

0.00

4

4

3

9.09

313

Hounslow

0

0.00

0

0.00

14

25.45

9

15.00

314

Kingston upon Thames6

0

0.00

4

4

5

315

Merton

0

0.00

0

0.00

4

4

0

0.00

317

Redbridge

3

4.05

4

4.55

4

4

37

42.05

318

Richmond upon Thames

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

11

183.33

319

Sutton

0

0.00

4

4

21

123.53

4

4

320

Waltham Forest

4

4

0

0.00

57

300.00

74

569.23

South East3

10

0.72

1,060

76.33

1,420

106.83

867

Bracknell Forest

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

37

148.00

846

Brighton and Hove6

4

4

7

825

Buckinghamshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

9

11.54

7

11.11

845

East Sussex

0

0.00

0

0.00

41

141.38

39

134.48

850

Hampshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

367

136.94

439

148.31

921

Isle of Wight

0

0.00

0

0.00

12

75.00

15

71.43

886

Kent

5

3.27

3

2.05

19

12.42

56

38.36

887

Medway

4

4

4

4

33

23.24

94

63.95

826

Milton Keynes

0

0.00

0

0.00

12

21.43

8

10.67

931

Oxfordshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

60

89.55

851

Portsmouth

0

0.00

0

0.00

113

282.50

95

250.00

870

Reading

0

0.00

0

0.00

34

109.68

45

145.16

871

Slough

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

852

Southampton

0

0.00

0

0.00

50

166.67

146

634.78

936

Surrey

0

0.00

0

0.00

225

158.45

225

150.00

869

West Berkshire

3

5.17

0

0.00

36

62.07

65

125.00

938

West Sussex

0

0.00

0

0.00

74

80.43

52

68.42

868

Windsor and Maidenhead

0

0.00

0

0.00

31

163.16

33

235.71

872

Wokingham

4

4

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

South West3

5

5

5

5

260

24.07

380

29.90

800

Bath and North East Somerset

0

0.00

0

0.00

32

457.14

48

960.00

837

Bournemouth

4

4

3

15.79

15

166.67

13

68.42

801

Bristol, City of

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

908

Cornwall

0

0.00

0

4

0

0.00

878

Devon

0

0.00

0

0.00

42

54.55

98

158.06

835

Dorset

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

3

2.42

916

Gloucestershire

4

4

0

0.00

12

6.63

19

8.84

420

Isles of Scilly

802

North Somerset

0

0.00

0

0.00

4

4

12

33.33

879

Plymouth

0

0.00

0

0.00

22

15.60

41

27.70

836

Poole

0

0.00

0

0.00

8

40.00

4

4

933

Somerset

0

0.00

0

0.00

52

85.25

68

113.33

803

South Gloucestershire

0

0.00

0

0.00

6

10.91

0

0.00

866

Swindon

0

0.00

0

0.00

20

29.41

10

20.00

880

Torbay

0

0.00

0

0.00

37

69.81

23

121.05

865

Wiltshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

11

8.73

38

26.03

1 Figures refer to the cases of exclusion rather than the number of pupils excluded as some pupils were excluded more than once during the year.

2 The number of exclusions expressed as a percentage of the school population (includes solely registered pupils and pupils with other providers). School population data are as at January.

3 National and regional figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.

4 1 or 2 exclusions, or a rate based on 1 or 2 exclusions

5 Less than 5 exclusions, or a rate based on less than 5 exclusions

6 Pupil referral unit population is reported as being zero for these authorities, although they have reported exclusions. Potentially new provision has opened after the School Census was conducted in January.

Source:

Termly Exclusions Survey and School Census

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of pupils with (a) a statement of special educational needs and (b) special educational needs but no statement were (i) permanently excluded and (ii) given a fixed period exclusion from pupil referral units in each year between 1997 and 2006. (139531)

The available information is given in the table.

The first year for which information on exclusions from pupil referral units is available relates to the 2003/04 academic year. Data on exclusions from pupil referral units were collected retrospectively via the Termly Exclusions Survey. Exclusions data for 2004/05 academic year were published in June 2006.

The Termly Exclusions Survey has now discontinued so data on exclusions from pupil referral units in 2005/06 are not available.

Pupil referral units: number and percentage of permanent and fixed period exclusions by special educational needs (SEN) 2003/04 and 2004/05, England

Number of exclusions1

Permanent exclusions

Fixed period exclusions

2003/04

2004/05

2003/04

2004/05

Number2

Percentage3

Number2

Percentage3

Number2

Percentage3

Number2

Percentage3

Pupils with statements of SEN

10

0.26

10

0.4

1,170

50.87

1,640

72.56

Pupils with SEN without statements

10

0.17

20

0.26

2,790

43.33

3,850

58.92

Pupils with no identified SEN

20

0.4

20

0.26

1,820

42.35

2,140

37.76

Total

30

0.26

40

0.28

5,780

44.34

7,630

52.75

1 Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.

2 Figures refer to the cases of exclusion rather than the number of pupils excluded as some pupils were excluded more than once during the year.

3 The number of exclusions expressed as a percentage of the school population (includes solely registered pupils and pupils with other providers) supported at same stage of SEN. School population data are as at January.

Source:

Termly Exclusions Survey and School Census