The requested information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Information on the number of episodes of fixed period exclusion broken down by reason for each local authority is available as additional information to SFR 14/2008: “Permanent and Fixed Period Exclusions from Schools in England 2006/07” and can be found at:
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000793/index.shtml
[holding answer 18 December 2008]: The information requested is shown in the following table for the latest period available.
2006/07 Number of pupils with one episode of fixed period exclusion As a percentage of the school population5 Number of pupils with two or more episodes of fixed period exclusion As a percentage of the school population6 Ribble Valley 44 0.45 23 0.24 Lancashire 623 0.61 380 0.37 England 29,413 0.66 18,686 0.42 1 Includes middle schools as deemed. 2 Includes CTCs and academies. 3 Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools, excludes general hospital schools. 4 Pupils aged as at 31 August 2006. 5 The number of pupils with a fixed period exclusions expressed as a percentage of the headcount of pupils in January 2007, excluding dual registrations. 6 The number of pupils with two or more fixed period exclusions expressed as a percentage of the headcount of pupils in January 2007, excluding dual registrations. Source: School Census