To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils with special educational needs were given a fixed-period exclusion from a secondary school in each local authority area in the latest year for which figures are available, broken down by reason for exclusion. (260807)

A table showing the number of fixed period exclusions (not the number of pupils) for pupils with special educational needs for 2006/07 and has been placed in the House Libraries. Pupils can be excluded more than once and these can be for different reasons.