Schools: Crimes of Violence

Michael Gove
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many assaults on school staff by pupils were recorded in each of the last three years.

Jim Knight
Information on the number of assaults on school staff is not collected centrally.

For information on the number of assaults on adults which resulted in exclusion from school, I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Laws) on 14 November 2007, Official Report, column 276W.

Michael Gove
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many incidences of violence have been reported in (a) secondary and (b) primary schools in the past three years.

Jim Knight
Information on the number of reported incidents of violence is not collected centrally.