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Due to the way in which Ofsted has previously prepared our accounts, this is the only year for which a separately identifiable consultancy figure is available.

A copy of these replies have been sent to Jim Knight MP, Minister of State for Schools, and will be placed in the library of both Houses.

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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