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Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many cases of exclusions for children with a special educational need have been referred to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal in (a) St. Albans and (b) Hertfordshire. [113001]

Mr. Dhanda: The Department does not collect the information requested. The Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST), which is independent of my Department, publishes details of the numbers and types of cases it deals with on its website www.sendist.gov.uk and can be contacted at SENDIST, Procession House, 55 Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7SW.


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Permanent exclusions of pupils with SEN 1997/98-2004/05
Permanent exclusions Fixed period exclusions
Number of exclusions Percentage of permanent exclusions( 1) Percentage of school population( 2) Number of exclusions Percentage of permanent exclusions( 1) Percentage of school population( 2)

1997/98

Pupils with statements of SEN

2,250

18

0.96

n/a

n/a

n/a

Pupils without statements of SEN

10,050

82

0.14

n/a

n/a

n/a

All pupils

12,300

100

0.16

n/a

n/a

n/a

1998/99

Pupils with statements of SEN

1,920

18

0.78

n/a

n/a

n/a

Pupils without statements of SEN

8,510

82

0.11

n/a

n/a

n/a

All pupils

10,430

100

0.13

n/a

n/a

n/a

1999/2000

Pupils with statements of SEN

1,490

18

0.61

n/a

n/a

n/a

Pupils without statements of SEN

6,830

82

0.09

n/a

n/a

n/a

All pupils

8,320

100

0.11

n/a

n/a

n/a

2000/01( 3)

Pupils with statements of SEN

810

9

0.33

n/a

n/a

n/a

Pupils without statements of SEN(4)

8,330

91

0.11

n/a

n/a

n/a

All pupils

9,140

100

0.12

n/a

n/a

n/a

2001/02( 3)

Pupils with statements of SEN

1,140

12

0.48

n/a

n/a

n/a

Pupils without statements of SEN(4)

8,400

88

0.11

n/a

n/a

n/a

of which:

SEN pupils without statements

4,700

49

0.35

n/a

n/a

n/a

Pupils with no SEN

3,700

39

0.06

n/a

n/a

n/a

All pupils

9,540

100

0.12

n/a

n/a

n/a

2002/03( 3)

Pupils with statements of SEN

1,030

11

0.43

n/a

n/a

n/a

Pupils without statements of SEN(4)

8,260

89

0.11

n/a

n/a

n/a

of which:

SEN pupils without statements

5,140

55

0.46

n/a

n/a

n/a

Pupils with no SEN

3,120

34

0.05

n/a

n/a

n/a

All pupils

9,290

100

0.12

n/a

n/a

n/a

2003/04( 3)

Pupils with statements of SEN

1,040

11

0.44

39,790

12

17.1

Pupils without statements of SEN(4)

8,840

89

0.12

304,710

88

4.1

of which:

SEN pupils without statements

5,240

53

0.46

1 33, 290

39

11.7

Pupils with no SEN

3,600

36

0.06

171,420

50

2.7

All pupils(5)

9,880

100

0.13

344,510

100

4.5

2004/05( 3)

Pupils with statements of SEN

850

9

0.37

42,080

11

18.5

Pupils without statements of SEN(4)

8,590

91

0.12

347,480

89

4.7

of which:

SEN pupils without statements

4,620

49

0.40

750,360

39

12.9

Pupils with no SEN

3,970

42

0.06

197,130

51

3.2

All pupils(5)

9,440

100

0.12

389,560

100

5

n/a = not available
(1) The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the total number of permanent exclusions.
(2) The number of excluded pupils by SEN stage expressed as a percentage of all pupils with the same SEN stage in primary, secondary and all special schools (excludes dually registered pupils) in January.
(3) Figures relating to permanent exclusions are estimates based on incomplete pupil-level data. See Notes to Editors 3.
(4) The introduction of the new SEN Code of Practice means that the number of children with SEN without statements reported in 2000/01 and later are not directly comparable with earlier years. Includes pupils with no SEN and SEN pupils without statements. See Notes to Editors 7.
(5) There was one permanent exclusion and 12 fixed period exclusions for which stage of SEN was not known—these were included in total for ‘all pupils’ only.
Notes:
1. Includes middle schools as deemed.
2. For permanent exclusions includes both maintained and non-maintained special schools. For fixed period exclusions excludes non-maintained special schools.
3. Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
Schools Census and Termly Exclusions Survey

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