Pupil Referral Units

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) boys and (b) girls in each age group have been in pupil referral units in each of the last 10 years. (266720)

The available information is shown in the following tables.

*Pupils in pupil referral units as at January each year:* *number of pupils*¹*by age*² *England*
Number of pupils
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Age	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys
3 years	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—
4 years	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—
5 years	⁴—	30	⁴—	20	10	40	⁴—	10	10	30
6 years	⁴—	50	10	30	10	30	⁴—	20	20	50
7 years	⁴—	60	10	40	20	60	10	50	10	60
8 years	10	60	10	50	20	110	10	80	20	120
9 years	10	100	10	90	20	130	10	120	30	180
10 years	10	140	10	120	30	180	10	170	30	250
11 years	20	180	20	140	40	170	70	210	40	240
12 years	50	420	90	440	70	480	80	510	140	640
13 years	170	810	160	770	190	890	230	980	280	1,230
14 years	460	1,370	460	1,520	480	1,690	600	1,830	710	2,090
15 years	1,270	2,880	1,230	3,010	1,340	3,180	1,400	3,390	1,670	4,010
16 years	70	70	80	160	50	40	80	50	60	70
17 years	10	⁴—	10	⁴—	10	0	20	⁴—	10	⁴—
18 years and over	0	0	10	⁴—	10	⁴—	20	⁴—	20	⁴—
Total all ages	2,090	6,180	2,110	6,370	2,290	7,000	2,540	7,420	3,040	8,970

*Number of pupils*
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Age	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys
3 years	³—	³—	0	⁴—	0	0	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—
4 years	³—	³—	0	⁴—	⁴—	⁴—	10	⁴—	⁴—	10
5 years	10	20	10	20	10	20	10	20	⁴—	30
6 years	10	30	⁴—	40	⁴—	40	⁴—	30	⁴—	40
7 years	20	80	10	50	⁴—	50	10	70	⁴—	70
8 years	20	110	10	120	10	90	10	110	10	110
9 years	20	170	10	160	10	170	20	190	10	160
10 years	20	240	10	240	40	320	20	250	30	260
11 years	30	220	30	190	70	350	20	200	40	250
12 years	110	730	130	770	110	700	130	710	140	780
13 years	340	1,290	380	1,480	360	1,600	380	1,410	430	1,500
14 years	730	2,490	930	2,720	1,010	2,870	1,070	2,870	1,040	2,910
15 years	1,740	4,310	2,020	4,890	2,140	4,940	2,170	5,060	2,370	5,450
16 years	100	130	70	90	120	110	130	210	140	200
17 years	30	10	50	10	60	20	30	10	50	10
18 years and over	20	0	30	⁴—	20	10	20	⁴—	30	10
Total all ages	3,200	9,830	3,690	10,780	3,960	11,280	4,030	11,130	4,290	11,800
¹ Includes solely registered pupils, including those registered at a PRU who attend at other providers, e.g. FE colleges. ² Age at 31 August in previous year. ³Not available. ⁴ Less than five pupils. Note: Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census.

Volume 491: debated on Tuesday 21 April 2009