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Pupil Referral Units

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of pupils left pupil referral units to enter (a) special schools and (b) mainstream schools in each year between 1997 and 2006, broken down by local authority. [127855]

Jim Knight: The information requested is not collected centrally.


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Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of pupils at pupil referral units were issued with a national record of achievement in each year between 1997 and 2006, broken down by local authority. [127856]

Jim Knight: The information requested is not collected centrally.

Both the national record of achievement (NRA) and its successor, Progress File, were made available on a voluntary basis. While over 70 per cent. of secondary schools and many colleges ordered Progress File
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materials, our distribution records do not distinguish pupil referral units from other educational establishments.

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils at pupil referral units there were with pupils numbers of (a) under five, (b) between five to 10, (c) between 10 to 20, (d) between 20 to 30, (e) between 30 to 40, (f) between 40 to 50, (g) between 50 to 80, (h) between 80 to 100 and (i) over 100 in each year between 1997 and 2006. [127858]

Jim Knight: The information requested is shown in the table.

Pupil referral u nits: Number of schools by size and number of p upils( 1) , 1997-2006, position in January each y ear, England
Under 5 pupils 5 to 10 pupils 11 to 20 pupils 21 to 30 pupils 31 to 40 pupils
Schools Pupils Schools Pupils Schools Pupils Schools Pupils Schools Pupils

1997

73

76

46

331

79

1,202

40

1,000

26

932

1998

82

103

37

284

70

1,083

43

1,073

26

908

1999

68

88

44

324

65

1,014

34

853

29

1,013

2000

69

93

28

229

63

952

45

1,094

28

986

2001

67

102

40

300

67

1,053

52

1,331

23

804

2002

66

98

37

278

72

1,085

45

1,100

19

651

2003

66

79

55

393

77

1,130

48

1,188

28

1,000

2004

101

155

66

482

84

1,284

52

1,281

23

823

2005

103

134

72

526

83

1,268

48

1,197

43

1,491

2006

117

161

47

358

81

1,223

64

1,620

25

870


41 to 50 pupils 51 to 80 pupils 81 to 100 pupils Over 100 pupils Total
Schools Pupils Schools Pupils Schools Pupils Schools Pupils Schools Pupils

1997

13

583

15

954

6

529

11

1,923

309

7,530

1998

14

617

21

1,310

3

272

13

2,090

309

7,740

1999

15

669

24

1,493

7

605

12

2,204

298

8,263

2000

13

576

28

1,686

8

695

13

2,168

295

8,479

2001

13

580

16

1,076

10

900

20

3,143

308

9,289

2002

13

591

27

1,705

8

730

25

3,718

312

9,956

2003

18

822

28

1,777

8

725

32

4,891

360

12,005

2004

25

1,149

33

2,059

8

711

34

5,094

426

13,038

2005

19

857

30

1,832

16

1,482

33

5,685

447

14,472

2006

25

1,113

38

2,480

14

1,246

38

6,169

449

15,240

(1 )Excludes dually registered pupils. Includes pupils with other providers. Source: Schools Census.

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupil referral units there were in each year between 1997 and 2006, broken down by local authority. [127859]

Jim Knight: The information requested has been placed in the Library.


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