House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 04 July 2006 (pt 0025)

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Mr. Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what education provision has been made for excluded pupils in Lancashire. [81764]

Jim Knight: Education for pupils who have been excluded from schools in Lancashire local authority is provided mainly via pupil referral units (PRUs). The local authority has five PRUs for primary age pupils and eight for secondary age pupils, catering for over 500 pupils. Other forms of alternative educational provision for excluded pupils are commissioned through these PRUs and include placements in further education colleges, extended work placements and provision available in the private and voluntary sector.

Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils in (a) England and (b) the East Riding of Yorkshire have been reinstated into schools by the Independent Appeals Panel after being permanently excluded in each of the last nine years; and if he will make a statement. [81444]

Jim Knight: The number of successful appeals against permanent exclusion where reinstatement was directed is only available from 2002/03 onwards. The available information is given in the table.

Maintained primary, secondary and special schools: exclusion appeals 2002/03 to 2004/05
	East Riding of Yorkshire local authority area			England^{( 1)}
	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05
Number of appeals heard	4	9	10	990	1,050	1,030
Number of appeals determined in favour of the parent/pupil	⁽²⁾—	⁽²⁾—	4	210	220	220
Percentage of appeals determined in favour of the parent/pupil⁽³⁾	⁽²⁾—	⁽²⁾—	40.0	21.1	21.2	21.5
Number of successful appeals where reinstatement was directed	⁽²⁾—	0	⁽²⁾—	150	130	110
Percentage of successful appeals where reinstatement was directed⁽⁴⁾	⁽²⁾—	0.0	⁽²⁾—	71.3	57.0	49.1
⁽¹⁾ Figures for England have been rounded to the nearest 10. ⁽²⁾ 1 or 2 appeals, or a rate based on 1 or 2 appeals. ⁽³⁾ Shown as a percentage of appeals heard. ⁽⁴⁾ Shown as a percentage of appeals determined in favour of the parent/pupil. Source: School Exclusion Appeal Survey

These figures show that head teachers’ judgments on exclusions are not being routinely overturned by appeal panels. There has been a reduction for the third year in a row in the number of pupils reinstated to their former school on appeal.

School Meals

Mrs. Hodgson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of primary school pupils (a) were eligible for free school meals and (b) took them up in each local education authority in the last year for which figures are available, listed in ascending order of percentage; and what the equivalent figures were in 1997. [82127]

Jim Knight: The available information is shown in the following table.

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Maintained primary schools: number and percentage of pupils by school meal arrangements. Position in January each year: 1997 and 2006 (provisional). By local authority area. (In ascending order of the percentage of pupils who were known to be eligible for free school meals as at January 2006)
		1997
		Number of day pupils^{( 1)}	Number of pupils taking a free school meal on the Census Day	Percentage of pupils taking a free school meal on the Census Day^{( 2)}	Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals^{( 3)}
	England⁽⁵⁾	4,428,620	771,780	17.4	938,540	21.2
420	Isles of Scilly	160	17	10.6	19	11.9
857	Rutland⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
872	Wokingham⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
836	Poole⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
825	Buckinghamshire⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
835	Dorset⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
938	West Sussex	58,168	5,941	10.2	7,496	12.9
925	Lincolnshire	53,619	3,830	7.1	4,597	8.6
867	Bracknell Forest⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
865	Wiltshire⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
314	Kingston upon Thames	11,530	717	6.2	856	7.4
855	Leicestershire⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
868	Windsor and Maidenhead⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
869	West Berkshire⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
936	Surrey	78,690	6,637	8.4	7,871	10.0
803	South Gloucestershire	22,571	2,259	10.0	2,745	12.2
815	North Yorkshire	47,927	4,435	9.3	5,110	10.7
933	Somerset	38,509	3,855	10.0	4,624	12.0
919	Hertfordshire	92,397	9,452	10.2	11,259	12.2
811	East Riding of Yorkshire	27,126	2,546	9.4	3,158	11.6
884	Herefordshire⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
873	Cambridgeshire⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
885	Worcestershire⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
850	Hampshire⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
866	Swindon⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
893	Shropshire⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
931	Oxfordshire	44,733	4,012	9.0	5,008	11.2
318	Richmond upon Thames	12,074	1,188	9.8	1,611	13.3
877	Warrington⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
928	Northamptonshire	54,701	4,940	9.0	6,384	11.7
916	Gloucestershire	46,248	4,929	10.7	6,151	13.3
937	Warwickshire	43,662	4,736	10.8	5,553	12.7
800	Bath and North East Somerset	13,111	1,677	12.8	2,027	15.5
816	York	14,905	1,859	12.5	2,250	15.1
878	Devon⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
860	Staffordshire⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
881	Essex⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
303	Bexley	22,223	3,007	13.5	3,637	16.4
802	North Somerset	14,775	1,777	12.0	2,090	14.1
935	Suffolk	47,239	5,982	12.7	7,554	16.0
820	Bedfordshire⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
875	Cheshire⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
358	Trafford	21,462	3,399	15.8	4,009	18.7
908	Cornwall	41,862	6,547	15.6	7,784	18.6
356	Stockport	26,941	3,846	14.3	4,661	17.3
886	Kent⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
887	Medway⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
311	Havering	21,001	2,459	11.7	3,088	14.7
334	Solihull	21,581	2,770	12.8	3,238	15.0
891	Nottinghamshire⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
845	East Sussex⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
305	Bromley	24,292	3,282	13.5	4,352	17.9
830	Derbyshire⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
315	Merton	16,159	2,471	15.3	3,099	19.2
929	Northumberland	21,839	3,345	15.3	3,783	17.3
826	Milton Keynes⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
837	Bournemouth⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
909	Cumbria	44,762	6,917	15.5	7,904	17.7
319	Sutton	14,630	1,778	12.2	2,070	14.1
813	North Lincolnshire	14,972	2,485	16.6	2,879	19.2
883	Thurrock⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
926	Norfolk	66.666	8,913	13.4	10,824	16.2
351	Bury	18,095	2,769	15.3	3,319	18.3
888	Lancashire⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
381	Calderdale	20,605	3,478	16.9	4,109	19.9
332	Dudley	30,884	4,394	14.2	5,544	18.0
359	Wigan	30,276	4,838	16.0	5,623	18.6
343	Sefton	28,115	5,465	19.4	7,171	25.5
384	Wakefield	32,956	5,546	16.8	6,572	19.9
382	Kirklees	38,649	7,285	18.8	8,908	23.0
350	Bolton	28,512	5,495	19.3	6,151	21.6
851	Portsmouth⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
310	Harrow	19,971	1,643	8.2	2,265	11.3
392	North Tyneside	17,027	3,485	20.5	4,184	24.6
810	Kingston Upon Hull, City of	28,446	6,1 16	21.6	8,017	28.2
870	Reading⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
846	Brighton and Hove⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
880	Torbay⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
871	Slough⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
372	Rotherham	25,822	5,283	20.5	6,298	24.4
879	Plymouth⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
357	Tameside	23,830	5,001	21.0	5,703	23.9
808	Stockton-on-Tees	20,531	4,413	21.5	5,206	25.4
882	Southend-on-Sea⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
370	Barnsley	22,216	4,765	21.4	5,910	26.6
373	Sheffield	46,380	9,686	20.9	12,895	27.8
312	Hillingdon	22,440	2,017	9.0	2,745	12.2
874	Peterborough⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
317	Redbridge	21,103	3,204	15.2	4,036	19.1
371	Doncaster	31,343	7,198	23.0	8,280	26.4
921	Isle of Wight	7,387	1,424	19.3	1,767	23.9
383	Leeds	71,508	12,795	17.9	15,974	22.3
841	Darlington⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
840	Durham⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
894	Telford and Wrekin⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
831	Derby⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
342	St. Helens	18,027	3,733	20.7	4,275	23.7
302	Barnet	25,979	3,711	14.3	4,625	17.8
336	Wolverhampton	26,293	5,282	20.1	6,644	25.3
812	North East Lincolnshire	17,265	3,756	21.8	4,211	24.4
335	Walsall	28,743	5,896	20.5	7,081	24.6
331	Coventry	30,478	5,482	18.0	6,726	22.1
380	Bradford	42,327	8,656	20.5	10,661	25.2
394	Sunderland	30,149	7,235	24.0	8,984	29.8
333	Sandwell	32,962	7,061	21.4	8,870	26.9
807	Redcar and Cleveland	16,680	4,152	24.9	4,817	28.9
390	Gateshead	18,566	4,231	22.8	4,995	26.9
353	Oldham	25,111	5,618	22.4	6,747	26.9
805	Hartlepool	10,538	2,732	25.9	3,205	30.4
306	Croydon	30,432	6,379	21.0	7,800	25.6
852	Southampton⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
801	Bristol, City of	33,642	7,602	22.6	9,103	27.1
313	Hounslow	19,828	4,049	20.4	5,137	25.9
890	Blackpool⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
876	Halton⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
821	Luton⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
856	Leicester⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
354	Rochdale	22,354	5,373	24.0	6,470	28.9
201	City of London	208	83	39.9	107	51.4
301	Barking and Dagenham	17,883	3,873	21.7	4,712	26.3
889	Blackburn with Darwen⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
307	Ealing	27,213	5,591	20.5	6,927	25.5
320	Waltham Forest	21,411	5,387	25.2	6,715	31.4
308	Enfield	26,028	4,695	18.0	5,620	21.6
861	Stoke-on-Trent⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
344	Wirral	31.875	8,217	25.8	9,632	30.2
393	South Tyneside	16,175	4,818	29.8	5,693	35.2
304	Brent	22,478	5,696	25.3	6,420	28.6
892	Nottingham⁽⁶⁾	—	—	—	—	—
212	Wandsworth	17,874	5,175	29.0	6,305	35.3
209	Lewisham	21,984	6,370	29.0	8,052	36.6
806	Middlesbrough	17,267	4,876	28.2	5,718	33.1
355	Salford	23,828	7,019	29.5	8,128	34.1
391	Newcastle upon Tyne	22,220	7,259	32.7	8,552	38.5
340	Knowsley	19,788	6,915	34.9	8,701	44.0
341	Liverpool	49,345	16,852	34.2	20,283	41.1
309	Haringey	21,610	7,096	32.8	8,279	38.3
203	Greenwich	21,608	6,804	31.5	8,408	38.9
316	Newham	28,543	8,487	29.7	11,094	38.9
330	Birmingham	109,673	32,572	29.7	39,245	35.8
210	Southwark	23,132	8,606	37.2	10,744	46.4
213	Westminster	9,604	3,413	35.5	4,247	44.2
208	Lambeth	19,193	7,309	38.1	8.695	45.3
207	Kensington and Chelsea	6,568	2,324	35.4	3,000	45.7
204	Hackney	18,141	8,046	44.4	9,824	54.2
352	Manchester	46,356	17,956	38.7	21,431	46.2
206	Islington	16,232	6,66)3	41.0	8,049	49.6
202	Camden	11,294	4,130	36.6	5,046	44.7
205	Hammersmith and Fulham	9,465	3,763	39.8	4,440	46.9
211	Tower Hamlets	22,472	10,211	45.4	13,292	59.1
902	Bedfordshire	44,748	7,484	16.7	9,187	20.5
903	Berkshire	64,851	6,828	10.5	8,047	12.4
904	Buckinghamshire	66,291	4,227	6.4	5,641	8.5
905	Cambridgeshire	60,924	7,840	12.9	9,945	16.3
906	Cheshire	92,727	14,177	15.3	16,155	17.4
910	Derbyshire	89,462	13,507	15.1	15,468	17.3
911	Devon	84,938	13,450	15.8	16,027	18.9
912	Dorset	48,479	4,117	8.5	4,684	9.7
913	Durham	57,442	11,478	20.0	13,105	22.8
914	East Sussex	55,821	8,804	15.8	11,372	20.4
915	Essex	136,385	18,654	13.7	23,090	16.9
917	Hampshire	139.425	17,054	12.2	20.493	14.7
918	Hereford and Worcester	52,887	4,304	8.1	5,077	9.6
922	Kent	137,962	19,946	14.5	24,746	17.9
923	Lancashire	135,058	24,719	18.3	31,679	23.5
924	Leicestershire	83,027	11,251	13.6	13,623	16.4
930	Nottinghamshire	96,403	17,975	18.6	22,789	23.6
932	Shropshire	38,067	5,442	14.3	6,169	16.2
934	Staffordshire	96,437	15,286	15.9	18,213	18.9
939	Wiltshire	51,809	5,723	11.0	6,954	13.4

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