Primary and Secondary Education: Pupil Exclusions

Mr. Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many primary school pupils were excluded in (a) the Ribble Valley and (b) England in the last five years; (147845)

(2) how many secondary school pupils were excluded from secondary schools in (a) the Ribble Valley and (b) England in the last five years.

[holding answer 5 July 2007]: The information requested is shown in the following tables.

*Maintained primary and secondary schools*¹*: number and percentage of exclusions 2001-02 to 2005-06: Ribble Valley parliamentary constituency*
	Maintained primary
	Ribble Valley	England²
	Number of permanent exclusions	Percentage of school population³	Number of permanent exclusions	Percentage of school population³	Number of permanent exclusions	Percentage of school population³	Number of permanent exclusions	Percentage of school population³
2001-02	⁴—	⁴—	⁵—	⁵—	1,450	0.03	⁵—	⁵—
2002-03	⁴—	⁴—	⁵—	⁵—	1,300	0.03	⁵—	⁵—
2003-04	0	⁶—	21	0.25	1,270	0.03	41,300	0.97
004-05	0	⁶—	22	0.26	1,000	0.03	43,720	1.04
2005-06	⁴—	⁴—	⁵—	⁵—	970	0.02	⁵—	⁵—

*Maintained secondary*
	Ribble Valley	England²
	Number of permanent exclusions	Percentage of school population³	Number of permanent exclusions	Percentage of school population³	Number of permanent exclusions	Percentage of school population³	Number of permanent exclusions	Percentage of school population³
2001-02	16	0.9	⁵—	⁵—	7,740	0.24	⁵—	⁵—
2002-03	20	0.23	⁵—	⁵—	7,890	0.23	⁵—	⁵—
2003-04	21	0.24	806	9.21	8,320	0.25	288,040	8.66
2004-05	21	0.24	779	8.83	8,070	0.24	329,680	9.94
2005-06	14	0.16	804	9.13	7,990	0.24	343,840	10.40
¹ Includes middle schools as deemed. ² National figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. ³ Number of exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of all pupils (excluding dually registered pupils). ⁴ Fewer than three, or a rate based on fewer than three. ⁵ Not available. ⁶ Not applicable. Source: School census

Volume 462: debated on Wednesday 11 July 2007