To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the number is of incidents of bullying which have led to the exclusion of a pupil from their school in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) type of bullying. (152163)

The available information has been placed in the House Library.

Only three years of data relating to the reason for exclusion are currently available. The first year for which information on the reason for exclusion is available relates to the 2003/04 academic year. Exclusions data for 2005/06 academic year were published in June 2007.

Information on type of bullying is not collected centrally. The information provided shows the number of permanent and fixed period exclusions by reason, which includes ‘Bullying’.