School Exclusions
Chris Ruane:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils were permanently excluded from school by region expressed as (a) a percentage of school population and (b) the total number, in descending order according to percentage figures in the latest year in which figures are available. [30601]
Mr. Timms
[holding answer 30 January 2002]: The information requested is shown in the following table.
Number of permanent exclusions in schools(8) 19992000Government office regions and local education authorities in England
| Number of permanent exclusions | Percentage of the school population(9) | Percentage of all permanent exclusions(10)
|
England | 8,323 | 0.11 | 100.00
|
| | |
|
Government office regions | | |
|
North West | 1,314 | 0.12 | 15.8
|
London | 1,289 | 0.12 | 15.5
|
West Midlands | 1.104 | 0.12 | 13.3
|
South East | 1,251 | 0.11 | 15.0
|
North East | 482 | 0.11 | 5.8
|
Yorkshire and The Humber | 819 | 0.10 | 9.8
|
East Midlands | 696 | 0.10 | 8.4
|
East of England | 735 | 0.09 | 8.8
|
South West | 633 | 0.09 | 7.6
|
| | |
|
Local education authorities | | |
|
City of London | 1 | 0.45 | 0.01
|
Wandsworth | 94 | 0.33 | 1.13
|
Sandwell | 132 | 0.25 | 1.59
|
Doncaster | 121 | 0.23 | 1.45
|
Kensington and Chelsea | 24 | 0.23 | 0.29
|
Leicester | 107 | 0.22 | 1.29
|
Liverpool | 175 | 0.22 | 2.10
|
Salford | 77 | 0.22 | 0.93
|
Westminster | 39 | 0.22 | 0.47
|
Lewisham | 75 | 0.21 | 0.90
|
Bristol, City of | 104 | 0.21 | 1.25
|
Southwark | 69 | 0.20 | 0.83
|
Reading | 35 | 0.20 | 0.42
|
Telford and Wrekin | 50 | 0.19 | 0.60
|
Bracknell Forest | 29 | 0.19 | 0.35
|
Coventry | 95 | 0.19 | 1.14
|
Newcastle upon Tyne | 73 | 0.19 | 0.88
|
Croydon | 87 | 0.18 | 1.05
|
Darlington | 27 | 0.17 | 0.32
|
Manchester | 114 | 0.17 | 1.37
|
Medway | 75 | 0.17 | 0.90
|
Halton | 35 | 0.16 | 0.42
|
Thurrock | 36 | 0.16 | 0.43
|
Blackburn with Darwen | 40 | 0.16 | 0.48
|
North Tyneside | 50 | 0.16 | 0.60
|
Stoke-on-Trent | 60 | 0.16 | 0.72
|
Birmingham | 274 | 0.15 | 3.29
|
Enfield | 73 | 0.15 | 0.88
|
Brent | 57 | 0.15 | 0.68
|
North Lincolnshire | 39 | 0.15 | 0.47
|
North Somerset | 41 | 0.15 | 0.49
|
Waltham Forest | 53 | 0.15 | 0.64
|
Brighton and Hove | 45 | 0.15 | 0.54
|
Sheffield | 111 | 0.15 | 1.33
|
Hounslow | 52 | 0.14 | 0.62
|
Durham | 114 | 0.14 | 1.37
|
Redcar and Cleveland | 37 | 0.14 | 0.44
|
South Tyneside | 36 | 0.14 | 0.43
|
North East Lincolnshire | 38 | 0.13 | 0.46
|
Harrow | 39 | 0.13 | 0.47
|
Worcestershire | 109 | 0.13 | 1.31
|
Bury | 39 | 0.13 | 0.47
|
Bradford | 116 | 0.13 | 1.39
|
Windsor and Maidenhead | 25 | 0.13 | 0.30
|
Nottingham | 55 | 0.13 | 0.66
|
Peterborough | 38 | 0.13 | 0.46
|
Richmond upon Thames | 25 | 0.13 | 0.30
|
Hammersmith and Fulham | 21 | 0.12 | 0.25
|
West Sussex | 131 | 0.12 | 1.57
|
Derby | 47 | 0.12 | 0.56
|
Oldham | 51 | 0.12 | 0.61
|
Barnsley | 43 | 0.12 | 0.52
|
Kent | 253 | 0.12 | 3.04
|
Greenwich | 43 | 0.12 | 0.52
|
Barnet | 57 | 0.12 | 0.68
|
Rochdale | 43 | 0.12 | 0.52
|
Hackney | 31 | 0.12 | 0.37
|
Stockport | 51 | 0.12 | 0.61
|
Sefton | 56 | 0.12 | 0.67
|
Hillingdon | 47 | 0.12 | 0.56
|
Lambeth | 31 | 0.11 | 0.37
|
Herefordshire | 27 | 0.11 | 0.32
|
Southend-on-Sea | 29 | 0.11 | 0.35
|
Cheshire | 119 | 0.11 | 1.43
|
Kirklees | 72 | 0.11 | 0.87
|
Wakefield | 59 | 0.11 | 0.71
|
East Sussex | 72 | 0.11 | 0.87
|
Lincolnshire | 107 | 0.11 | 1.29
|
Warwickshire | 82 | 0.11 | 0.99
|
Bolton | 50 | 0.11 | 0.60
|
Tameside | 41 | 0.11 | 0.49
|
Gloucestershire | 91 | 0.11 | 1.09
|
Barking and Dagenham | 31 | 0.11 | 0.37
|
Wigan | 53 | 0.10 | 0.64
|
Blackpool | 21 | 0.10 | 0.25
|
Walsall | 51 | 0.10 | 0.61
|
Hampshire | 181 | 0.10 | 2.17
|
Bath and North East Somerset | 26 | 0.10 | 0.31
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Portsmouth | 27 | 0.10 | 0.32
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Milton Keynes | 35 | 0.10 | 0.42
|
Hertfordshire | 175 | 0.10 | 2.10
|
Northamptonshire | 105 | 0.10 | 1.26
|
Suffolk | 100 | 0.10 | 1.20
|
Solihull | 37 | 0.10 | 0.44
|
Warrington | 32 | 0.10 | 0.38
|
Camden | 22 | 0.10 | 0.26
|
Merton | 23 | 0.10 | 0.28
|
Surrey | 133 | 0.10 | 1.60
|
Torbay | 18 | 0.09 | 0.22
|
St. Helens | 28 | 0.09 | 0.34
|
Lancashire | 167 | 0.09 | 2.01
|
Havering | 34 | 0.09 | 0.41
|
Essex | 182 | 0.09 | 2.19
|
Oxfordshire | 76 | 0.09 | 0.91
|
Sunderland | 44 | 0.09 | 0.53
|
Bedfordshire | 56 | 0.09 | 0.67
|
Somerset | 62 | 0.09 | 0.74
|
Hartlepool | 15 | 0.09 | 0.18
|
Tower Hamlets | 31 | 0.09 | 0.37
|
Wirral | 47 | 0.08 | 0.56
|
Leicestershire | 80 | 0.08 | 0.96
|
Islington | 20 | 0.08 | 0.24
|
Buckinghamshire | 63 | 0.08 | 0.76
|
Nottinghamshire | 102 | 0.08 | 1.23
|
Bexley | 33 | 0.08 | 0.40
|
Devon | 79 | 0.08 | 0.95
|
Stockton-on-Tees | 27 | 0.08 | 0.32
|
Trafford | 30 | 0.08 | 0.36
|
Northumberland | 42 | 0.08 | 0.50
|
Wokingham | 19 | 0.08 | 0.23
|
Cornwall | 58 | 0.08 | 0.70
|
Derbyshire | 91 | 0.08 | 1.09
|
Kingston upon Thames | 16 | 0.08 | 0.19
|
Dudley | 39 | 0.08 | 0.47
|
Staffordshire | 99 | 0.07 | 1.19
|
Norfolk | 84 | 0.07 | 1.01
|
Haringey | 25 | 0.07 | 0.30
|
Rotherham | 32 | 0.07 | 0.38
|
Kingston upon Hull, City of | 30 | 0.07 | 0.36
|
Newham | 33 | 0.07 | 0.40
|
Redbridge | 29 | 0.07 | 0.35
|
Swindon | 20 | 0.07 | 0.24
|
Sutton | 19 | 0.07 | 0.23
|
West Berkshire | 16 | 0.07 | 0.19
|
Dorset | 35 | 0.06 | 0.42
|
York | 16 | 0.06 | 0.19
|
Wiltshire | 41 | 0.06 | 0.49
|
Ealing | 27 | 0.06 | 0.32
|
Wolverhampton | 26 | 0.06 | 0.31
|
Bromley | 28 | 0.06 | 0.34
|
Leeds | 71 | 0.06 | 0.85
|
South Gloucestershire | 23 | 0.06 | 0.28
|
Shropshire | 23 | 0.06 | 0.28
|
Isle of Wight | 11 | 0.06 | 0.13
|
Plymouth | 23 | 0.06 | 0.28
|
Slough | 10 | 0.05 | 0.12
|
Cumbria | 39 | 0.05 | 0.47
|
Southampton | 15 | 0.05 | 0.18
|
Luton | 15 | 0.05 | 0.18
|
Gateshead | 14 | 0.05 | 0.17
|
North Yorkshire | 40 | 0.05 | 0.48
|
Rutland | 2 | 0.04 | 0.02
|
East Riding of Yorkshire | 20 | 0.04 | 0.24
|
Bournemouth | 7 | 0.03 | 0.08
|
Calderdale | 11 | 0.03 | 0.13
|
Cambridgeshire | 20 | 0.03 | 0.24
|
Poole | 5 | 0.03 | 0.06
|
Knowsley | 6 | 0.02 | 0.07
|
Middlesbrough | 3 | 0.01 | 0.04
|
Isles of Scilly | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00
|
(8) Includes maintained primary and secondary schools and all special schools.
(9) The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of full and part-time pupils of all ages in primary, secondary and special schools, excluding dually registered pupils in special schools in January 2000.
(10) The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the total number of exclusions.
Source:
Annual Schools Census
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Examination Results
Chris Ruane:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils gained no GCSE above grade D by region, expressed as (a) a percentage of population and (b) the total number, in descending order according to percentage for the latest year for which figures are available. [30602]
Mr. Timms
[holding answer 30 January 2002]: The percentage and number of 15-year-old pupils in schools in England in 200001 that gained no GCSE above grade D or the GNVQ equivalent are as follows:
| As a percentage of 15-year-old pupils | Number gained no grade above D
|
Yorkshire and the Humber | 31.4 | 19,760
|
North East | 31.3 | 10,422
|
East Midlands | 27.8 | 14,339
|
West Midlands | 27.6 | 18,753
|
North West | 27.5 | 24,636
|
London | 25.0 | 19,407
|
East of England | 22.7 | 14,847
|
South West | 22.6 | 13,312
|
South East | 22.2 | 21,306
|
England | 26.0 | 156,782
|
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Local Education Authorities (Repair and Renewal Costs)
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her answer of 17 January 2002, Official Report, column 446W, on local education authorities, if she will estimate the repair and renewal costs for each local education authority as a percentage of the education authority's annual budget for the latest available year; if she will rank them to show the highest to the lowest repair and renewal bill as a share of total LEA budget; and if she will make a statement. [31011]
Mr. Timms
[holding answer 30 January 2002]: The table contains information relating to expenditure on repairs as a percentage of Net Current Expenditure after recharges:
LEA number | LEA name | Percentage
|
357 | Tameside | 15.12
|
305 | Bromley | 9.37
|
372 | Rotherham | 6.67
|
393 | South Tyneside | 6.34
|
861 | Stoke on Trent | 6.05
|
303 | Bexley | 5.87
|
916 | Gloucestershire | 5.40
|
302 | Barnet | 5.27
|
384 | Wakefield | 5.17
|
205 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 5.05
|
306 | Croydon | 4.97
|
877 | Warrington | 4.97
|
812 | North East Lincolnshire | 4.74
|
808 | Stockton-on-Tees | 4.65
|
301 | Barking and Dagenham | 4.64
|
330 | Birmingham | 4.19
|
851 | Portsmouth | 4.19
|
891 | Nottinghamshire | 4.13
|
826 | Milton Keynes | 4.12
|
894 | Telford and Wrekin | 4.11
|
333 | Sandwell | 4.09
|
883 | Thurrock | 4.04
|
212 | Wandsworth | 3.93
|
929 | Northumberland | 3.85
|
806 | Middlesbrough | 3.71
|
937 | Warwickshire | 3.68
|
810 | City of Kingston Upon Hull | 3.67
|
875 | Cheshire | 3.53
|
878 | Devon | 3.52
|
888 | Lancashire | 3.33
|
343 | Sefton | 3.31
|
815 | North Yorkshire | 3.27
|
871 | Slough | 3.24
|
805 | Hartlepool | 3.23
|
846 | Brighton and Hove | 3.17
|
342 | St. Helens | 3.13
|
311 | Havering | 3.11
|
837 | Bournemouth | 3.05
|
855 | Leicestershire | 3.03
|
803 | South Gloucestershire | 3.03
|
870 | Reading | 3.02
|
831 | City of Derby | 2.98
|
800 | Bath and North East Somerset | 2.97
|
884 | Herefordshire | 2.97
|
919 | Hertfordshire | 2.97
|
352 | Manchester | 2.96
|
882 | Southend | 2.95
|
344 | Wirral | 2.92
|
359 | Wigan | 2.90
|
928 | Northamptonshire | 2.88
|
210 | Southwark | 2.88
|
353 | Oldham | 2.86
|
925 | Lincolnshire | 2.83
|
876 | Halton | 2.82
|
836 | Poole | 2.80
|
840 | Durham | 2.79
|
373 | Sheffield | 2.78
|
889 | Blackburn with Darwen | 2.77
|
319 | Sutton | 2.74
|
821 | Luton | 2.73
|
825 | Buckinghamshire | 2.73
|
304 | Brent | 2.70
|
935 | Suffolk | 2.68
|
203 | Greenwich | 2.67
|
908 | Cornwall | 2.67
|
926 | Norfolk | 2.66
|
850 | Hampshire | 2.65
|
811 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 2.64
|
802 | North Somerset | 2.63
|
358 | Trafford | 2.63
|
381 | Calderdale | 2.62
|
845 | East Sussex | 2.61
|
356 | Stockport | 2.60
|
874 | City of Peterborough | 2.60
|
213 | City of Westminster | 2.57
|
886 | Kent | 2.56
|
318 | Richmond Upon Thames | 2.56
|
307 | Ealing | 2.55
|
332 | Dudley | 2.53
|
380 | Bradford | 2.52
|
881 | Essex | 2.51
|
852 | Southampton | 2.49
|
938 | West Sussex | 2.48
|
873 | Cambridgeshire | 2.44
|
382 | Kirklees | 2.43
|
869 | West Berkshire | 2.42
|
892 | City of Nottingham | 2.39
|
208 | Lambeth | 2.39
|
857 | Rutland | 2.39
|
841 | Darlington | 2.38
|
390 | Gateshead | 2.38
|
909 | Cumbria | 2.38
|
313 | Hounslow | 2.36
|
816 | York | 2.36
|
921 | Isle of Wight | 2.36
|
865 | Wiltshire | 2.35
|
867 | Bracknell Forest | 2.35
|
201 | City of London | 2.32
|
308 | Enfield | 2.31
|
890 | Blackpool | 2.31
|
868 | Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead | 2.30
|
872 | Wokingham | 2.30
|
341 | Liverpool | 2.29
|
391 | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 2.28
|
887 | Medway | 2.27
|
336 | Wolverhampton | 2.26
|
315 | Merton | 2.25
|
371 | Doncaster | 2.24
|
370 | Barnsley | 2.24
|
314 | Kingston Upon Thames | 2.23
|
807 | Redcar and Cleveland | 2.21
|
355 | Salford | 2.19
|
312 | Hillingdon | 2.17
|
317 | Redbridge | 2.17
|
340 | Knowsley | 2.15
|
207 | Kensington and Chelsea | 2.12
|
354 | Rochdale | 2.09
|
351 | Bury | 2.07
|
893 | Shropshire | 2.06
|
801 | City of Bristol | 2.06
|
835 | Dorset | 2.04
|
310 | Harrow | 2.04
|
885 | Worcestershire | 2.03
|
879 | City of Plymouth | 2.01
|
936 | Surrey | 1.99
|
202 | Camden | 1.99
|
394 | Sunderland | 1.95
|
331 | Coventry | 1.93
|
211 | Tower Hamlets | 1.93
|
860 | Staffordshire | 1.92
|
316 | Newham | 1.81
|
856 | Leicester City | 1.81
|
206 | Islington | 1.75
|
880 | Torbay | 1.73
|
309 | Haringey | 1.72
|
209 | Lewisham | 1.68
|
813 | North Lincolnshire | 1.64
|
830 | Derbyshire | 1.58
|
334 | Solihull | 1.48
|
335 | Walsall | 1.47
|
350 | Bolton | 1.32
|
420 | Isles of Scilly | 1.26
|
933 | Somerset | 1.21
|
383 | Leeds | 1.17
|
866 | Swindon | 1.06
|
931 | Oxfordshire | 0.90
|
392 | North Tyneside | 0.75
|
204 | Hackney | 0.43
|
320 | Waltham Forest | 0.20
|
820 | Bedfordshire | 0.06
|
Note:
The information is taken from the 19902000 section 52 outturn statements completed by local education authorities and returned to the DfES. Total expenditure on non-capital building works (including repairs and maintenance of buildings, and non-capital expenditure on fixed plants and grounds) is a percentage of net current expenditure (NCE) after recharges.
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