30 Apr 2007 : Column 1476W—continued
The first year for which information on exclusions from pupil referral units is available is the 2003-04 academic year. The available information is given in the table.
| Pupil referral units: number of permanent exclusions by special educational needs (SEN) 2003-04 and 2004-05 —England |
| | Number of permanent exclusions( 1) | Percentage of school population( 2) |
|
2003-04
| | |
|
Pupils with statements of SEN3
|
10
|
0.26
|
|
Pupils with SEN without statements and pupils with no SEN(3)
|
30
|
0.34
|
|
O f which:
| | |
|
Pupils with no SEN(3)
|
20
|
0.93
|
|
Pupils with SEN without statements(3)
|
10
|
17
|
|
Total pupils(4)
|
30
|
0.26
|
| | | |
|
2004-05
| | |
|
Pupils with statements of SEN(3)
|
10
|
0.40
|
|
Pupils with EN without statements and pupils with no SEN3
|
30
|
0.35
|
|
O f which:
| | |
|
Pupils with no SEN(5)
|
20
|
0.57
|
|
Pupils with SEN without statements (6)
|
20
|
0.26
|
| | | |
|
Total pupils(4)
|
40
|
0.28
|
(1) The number of permanent exclusions from Pupil Referral Units is derived from Termly Exclusions Survey returns.
(2) The number of pupils In Pupil Referral Units by stag of SEN (to derive the percentage of school population) is sourced from Schools Census returns.
(3) The school population number includes pupils with sole registration only.
(4) The school population number includes those pupils with sole registration and pupil with other providers.
Note:
Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
Termly Exclusions Survey and Schools Census
|
Schools: Accidents
Mr. Willetts:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many legal actions were brought against local and Central Government authorities as a consequence of accidents in schools in each year since 1997; [133861]
(2) how many legal actions brought against local and Central Government authorities as a consequence of accidents in schools involved (a) under-16s and (b) under-18s in the last 12 months. [133857]
Jim Knight:
We are not aware of any such actions against this Department. The Government do not collect figures on the number of actions brought
30 Apr 2007 : Column 1477W
against local authorities on accidents in schools, by age or otherwise. Insurers have told Parliament that claims for personal injury in schools are a very small proportion of all such claims to local authorities. Criminal prosecution of a school employer is even rarer.
Schools: Crimes of Violence
Mrs. May:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers experienced physical abuse in their workplace in 2006. [126074]
30 Apr 2007 : Column 1478W
Jim Knight:
The number of assaults on school staff is not collected centrally.
For the academic year 2004/05, information is available on the reasons for pupil exclusions. These reasons include ‘physical assault against an adult’.
A local authority breakdown of the number of pupils who have been excluded from school (permanently or for a fixed period) for physical assault against an adult, together with total numbers of exclusions, is given in the following tables.
| Maintained primary, secondary and special schools( 1,2) : permanent and fixed period exclusions for physical assault against an adult and total number of exclusions (all reasons)( 3) numbers and rates per 1,000 pupils 2004/05—by local authority area |
| | | Permanent exclusions |
| | | | Exclusions for physical assault against an adult | All permanent exclusions |
| | | Number of pupils on roll( 4) | Number | Exclusions per 1,000 pupils( 5) | Number | Exclusions per 1,000 pupils( 5) |
| |
England( 6,)( )( 7)
|
7,606,040
|
1,270
|
0.17
|
9,400
|
1.24
|
| | | | | | | |
| |
North East( 6)
|
398,660
|
90
|
0.23
|
460
|
1.16
|
|
841
|
Darlington
|
15,404
|
*
|
*
|
34
|
2.21
|
|
840
|
Durham
|
75,863
|
16
|
0.21
|
91
|
1.20
|
|
390
|
Gateshead
|
28,840
|
9
|
0.31
|
32
|
1.11
|
|
805
|
Hartlepool
|
16,035
|
*
|
*
|
22
|
1.37
|
|
806
|
Middlesbrough
|
20,165
|
8
|
0.40
|
19
|
0.94
|
|
391
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
37,260
|
17
|
0.46
|
62
|
1.66
|
|
392
|
North Tyneside
|
30,600
|
4
|
0.13
|
27
|
0.88
|
|
929
|
Northumberland
|
50,547
|
9
|
0.18
|
72
|
1.42
|
|
807
|
Redcar and Cleveland
|
24,083
|
4
|
0.17
|
24
|
1.00
|
|
393
|
South Tyneside
|
23,762
|
12
|
0.51
|
44
|
1.85
|
|
808
|
Stockton-on-Tees
|
30,857
|
8
|
0.26
|
21
|
0.68
|
|
394
|
Sunderland
|
45,241
|
3
|
0.07
|
15
|
0.33
|
| | | | | | | |
| |
North West( 6)
|
1,086,590
|
240
|
0.22
|
1,440
|
1.33
|
|
889
|
Blackburn with Darwen
|
24,603
|
3
|
0.12
|
30
|
1.22
|
|
890
|
Blackpool
|
21,190
|
9
|
0.42
|
59
|
2.78
|
|
350
|
Bolton
|
45,797
|
6
|
0.13
|
62
|
1.35
|
|
351
|
Bury
|
28,254
|
*
|
*
|
33
|
1.17
|
|
875
|
Cheshire
|
104,163
|
30
|
0.29
|
170
|
1.63
|
|
909
|
Cumbria
|
76,831
|
11
|
0.14
|
64
|
0.83
|
|
876
|
Halton
|
18.910
|
*
|
*
|
45
|
2.38
|
|
340
|
Knowsley
|
26,438
|
6
|
0.30
|
37
|
1.40
|
|
888
|
Lancashire
|
173,101
|
63
|
0.36
|
273
|
1.58
|
|
341
|
Liverpool
|
73,239
|
*
|
*
|
80
|
1.09
|
|
352
|
Manchester
|
65,644
|
27
|
0.41
|
84
|
1.28
|
|
353
|
Oldham
|
40,513
|
7
|
0.17
|
39
|
0.96
|
|
354
|
Rochdale
|
34,820
|
4
|
0.11
|
39
|
1.12
|
|
355
|
Salford
|
32,960
|
16
|
0.49
|
86
|
2.61
|
|
343
|
Sefton
|
45,132
|
5
|
0.11
|
33
|
0.73
|
|
342
|
St. Helens
|
28,272
|
0
|
0.00
|
4
|
0.14
|
|
356
|
Stockport
|
40,944
|
9
|
0.22
|
49
|
1.20
|
|
357
|
Tameside
|
36,731
|
12
|
0.33
|
63
|
1.72
|
|
358
|
Trafford
|
35,964
|
*
|
*
|
17
|
0.47
|
|
877
|
Warrington
|
32,137
|
6
|
0.19
|
45
|
1.40
|
|
359
|
Wigan
|
48.712
|
12
|
0.25
|
69
|
1.42
|
|
344
|
Wirral
|
52,231
|
*
|
*
|
63
|
1.21
|
| | | | | | | |
| |
Yorkshire and the Humber( 6)
|
806,660
|
150
|
0.19
|
840
|
1.04
|
|
370
|
Barnsley
|
34.496
|
*
|
*
|
4
|
0.12
|
|
380
|
Bradford
|
86,686
|
7
|
0.08
|
61
|
0.70
|
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|
381
|
Calderdale
|
34,765
|
4
|
0.12
|
46
|
1.32
|
|
371
|
Don caster
|
50,302
|
17
|
0.34
|
91
|
1.81
|
|
811
|
East Riding of Yorkshire
|
50,036
|
6
|
0.12
|
30
|
0.60
|
|
810
|
Kingston Upon Hull, City of
|
39,262
|
34
|
0.87
|
84
|
2.14
|
|
382
|
Kirklees
|
63,113
|
8
|
0.13
|
60
|
0.95
|
|
383
|
Leeds
|
111,538
|
24
|
0.22
|
120
|
1.08
|
|
812
|
North East Lincolnshire
|
26,023
|
4
|
0.15
|
62
|
2.38
|
|
813
|
North Lincolnshire
|
25,047
|
0
|
0.00
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
815
|
North Yorkshire
|
88.139
|
9
|
0.10
|
62
|
0.70
|
|
372
|
Rotherham
|
45,113
|
7
|
0.16
|
27
|
0.60
|
|
373
|
Sheffield
|
75,753
|
16
|
0.21
|
97
|
1.28
|
|
384
|
Wakefield
|
52,231
|
4
|
0.08
|
50
|
0.96
|
|
816
|
York
|
24,159
|
5
|
0.21
|
42
|
1.74
|
| | | | | | | |
| |
East Midlands( 6)
|
667,600
|
160
|
0.24
|
970
|
1.46
|
|
831
|
Derby
|
37,832
|
14
|
0.37
|
85
|
2.25
|
|
830
|
Derbyshire
|
115,455
|
19
|
0.16
|
136
|
1.18
|
|
856
|
Leicester
|
47.168
|
22
|
0.47
|
79
|
1.67
|
|
855
|
Leicestershire
|
96.577
|
20
|
0.21
|
133
|
1.38
|
|
925
|
Lincolnshire
|
102,884
|
20
|
0.19
|
182
|
1.77
|
|
928
|
Northamptonshire
|
103,694
|
34
|
0.33
|
138
|
1.33
|
|
892
|
Nottingham
|
38.195
|
16
|
0.42
|
73
|
1.91
|
|
891
|
Nottinghamshire
|
120,891
|
18
|
0.15
|
147
|
1.22
|
|
857
|
Rutland
|
4.907
|
0
|
0.00
|
0
|
0.00
|
| | | | | | | |
| |
West Midlands( 6)
|
864,790
|
120
|
0.14
|
1,060
|
1.22
|
|
330
|
Birmingham
|
175.226
|
37
|
0.21
|
364
|
2.08
|
|
331
|
Coventry
|
49,307
|
*
|
*
|
6
|
0.12
|
|
332
|
Dudley
|
50,251
|
7
|
0.14
|
91
|
1.81
|
|
884
|
Herefordshire
|
24,005
|
7
|
0.29
|
27
|
1.12
|
|
333
|
Sandwell
|
50.581
|
4
|
0.08
|
68
|
1.34
|
|
893
|
Shropshire
|
40,761
|
5
|
0.12
|
35
|
0.86
|
|
334
|
Solihull
|
36,360
|
7
|
0.19
|
57
|
1.57
|
|
860
|
Staffordshire
|
128,800
|
20
|
0.16
|
144
|
1.12
|
|
861
|
Stoke-on-Trent
|
36,594
|
3
|
0.08
|
13
|
0.36
|
|
894
|
Telford and Wrekin
|
26,491
|
10
|
0.38
|
39
|
1.47
|
|
335
|
Walsall
|
48,005
|
5
|
0.10
|
25
|
0.52
|
|
937
|
Warwickshire
|
76,698
|
10
|
0.13
|
146
|
1.90
|
|
336
|
Wolverhampton
|
40.675
|
*
|
*
|
18
|
0.44
|
|
885
|
Worcestershire
|
81,031
|
*
|
*
|
26
|
0.32
|
| | | | | | | |
| |
East of England( 6)
|
842,380
|
110
|
0.13
|
930
|
1.11
|
|
820
|
Bedfordshire
|
63,800
|
11
|
0.17
|
126
|
1.97
|
|
873
|
Cambridgeshire
|
77,582
|
*
|
*
|
5
|
0.06
|
|
881
|
Essex
|
201,078
|
45
|
0.22
|
203
|
1.01
|
|
919
|
Hertfordshire
|
174,931
|
12
|
0.07
|
237
|
1.35
|
|
821
|
Luton
|
31,075
|
5
|
0.16
|
31
|
1.00
|
|
926
|
Norfolk
|
113,477
|
5
|
0.04
|
96
|
0.85
|
|
874
|
Peterborough
|
28,680
|
*
|
*
|
30
|
1.05
|
|
882
|
Southend-on-Sea
|
27,270
|
5
|
0.18
|
37
|
1.36
|
|
935
|
Suffolk
|
101,555
|
20
|
0.20
|
148
|
1.46
|
|
883
|
Thurrock
|
22,936
|
4
|
0.17
|
20
|
0.87
|
| | | | | | | |
| |
London( 6,)( )( 7)
|
1,060,180
|
160
|
0.15
|
1,510
|
1.43
|
| | | | | | | |
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| |
Inner London( 6,)( )( 7)
|
360,840
|
60
|
0.17
|
420
|
1.18
|
|
202
|
Camden
|
21,565
|
3
|
0.14
|
14
|
0.65
|
|
201
|
City of London(7)
|
224
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
*
|
*
|
|
204
|
Hackney
|
25,572
|
5
|
0.20
|
28
|
1.09
|
|
205
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
17,102
|
*
|
*
|
15
|
0.88
|
|
309
|
Haringey
|
33,565
|
7
|
0.21
|
28
|
0.83
|
|
206
|
Islington
|
22.694
|
4
|
0.18
|
9
|
0.40
|
|
207
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
10,664
|
5
|
0.47
|
17
|
1.59
|
|
208
|
Lambeth
|
28,220
|
0
|
0.00
|
41
|
1.45
|
|
209
|
Lewisham
|
34,117
|
*
|
*
|
23
|
0.67
|
|
316
|
Newham
|
48,646
|
10
|
0.21
|
84
|
1.73
|
|
210
|
Southwark
|
33,760
|
6
|
0.18
|
36
|
1.07
|
|
211
|
Tower Hamlets
|
36,728
|
7
|
0.19
|
41
|
1.12
|
|
212
|
Wandsworth
|
28,286
|
4
|
0.14
|
53
|
1.87
|
|
213
|
Westminster
|
19,693
|
3
|
0.15
|
34
|
1.73
|
| | | | | | | |
| |
Outer London( 6,7)
|
699,350
|
100
|
0.14
|
1,090
|
1.56
|
|
301
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
31,005
|
13
|
0.42
|
45
|
1.45
|
|
302
|
Barnet
|
45,939
|
12
|
0.26
|
57
|
1.24
|
|
303
|
Bexley
|
39,513
|
5
|
0.13
|
62
|
1.57
|
|
304
|
Brent
|
39,396
|
15
|
0.38
|
85
|
2.16
|
|
305
|
Bromley
|
46,894
|
*
|
*
|
56
|
1.19
|
|
306
|
Croydon
|
49,099
|
4
|
0.08
|
102
|
2.08
|
|
307
|
Ealing
|
41,644
|
7
|
0.17
|
79
|
1.90
|
|
308
|
Enfield
|
49,670
|
*
|
*
|
62
|
1.25
|
|
203
|
Greenwich
|
36,303
|
19
|
0.52
|
110
|
3.03
|
|
310
|
Harrow
|
28,772
|
3
|
0.10
|
51
|
1.77
|
|
311
|
Havering
|
36.568
|
4
|
0.11
|
40
|
1.09
|
|
312
|
Hillingdon
|
42,027
|
4
|
0.10
|
57
|
1.36
|
|
313
|
Hounslow
|
35,840
|
0
|
0.00
|
77
|
2.15
|
|
314
|
Kingston upon Thames
|
21.431
|
*
|
*
|
6
|
0.28
|
|
315
|
Merton
|
23,547
|
4
|
0.17
|
33
|
1.40
|
|
317
|
Redbridge
|
44.622
|
5
|
0.11
|
60
|
1.34
|
|
318
|
Richmond upon Thames
|
20,108
|
0
|
0.00
|
22
|
1.09
|
|
319
|
Sutton
|
31,277
|
*
|
*
|
26
|
0.83
|
|
320
|
Waltham Forest (7)
|
35.692
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
60
|
1.68
|
| | | | | | | |
| |
South East( 6)
|
1,161,570
|
160
|
0.14
|
1,400
|
1.20
|
|
867
|
Bracknell Forest
|
15,119
|
*
|
*
|
43
|
2.84
|
|
846
|
Brighton and Hove
|
29,961
|
11
|
0.37
|
37
|
1.23
|
|
825
|
Buckinghamshire
|
75,866
|
4
|
0.05
|
46
|
0.61
|
|
845
|
East Sussex
|
66.612
|
16
|
0.24
|
110
|
1.65
|
|
850
|
Hampshire
|
173,289
|
17
|
0.10
|
162
|
0.93
|
|
921
|
Isle of Wight
|
19.586
|
*
|
*
|
8
|
0.41
|
|
886
|
Kent
|
212,811
|
25
|
0.12
|
356
|
1.67
|
|
887
|
Medway
|
43,998
|
7
|
0.16
|
54
|
1.23
|
|
826
|
Milton Keynes
|
36,186
|
6
|
0.17
|
50
|
1.38
|
|
931
|
Oxfordshire
|
85,281
|
6
|
0.07
|
35
|
0.41
|
|
851
|
Portsmouth
|
24,722
|
6
|
0.24
|
20
|
0.81
|
|
870
|
Reading
|
16,522
|
7
|
0.42
|
27
|
1.63
|
|
871
|
Slough
|
20,274
|
*
|
*
|
10
|
0.49
|
|
852
|
Southampton
|
28,576
|
9
|
0.31
|
31
|
1.08
|
|
936
|
Surrey
|
140,069
|
19
|
0.14
|
154
|
1.10
|
|
869
|
West Berkshire
|
24.626
|
3
|
0.12
|
31
|
1.26
|
|
938
|
West Sussex
|
105,642
|
12
|
0.11
|
159
|
1.51
|
|
868
|
Windsor and Maidenhead
|
18,984
|
*
|
*
|
31
|
1.63
|
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|
872
|
Wokingham
|
23,444
|
5
|
0.21
|
35
|
1.49
|
| | | | | | | |
| |
South West( 6)
|
717,610
|
70
|
0.10
|
780
|
1.09
|
|
800
|
Bath and North East Somerset
|
25,161
|
*
|
*
|
40
|
1.59
|
|
837
|
Bournemouth
|
20,891
|
*
|
*
|
23
|
1.10
|
|
801
|
Bristol, City of
|
46,702
|
*
|
*
|
51
|
1.09
|
|
908
|
Cornwall
|
73,227
|
4
|
0.05
|
118
|
1.61
|
|
878
|
Devon
|
97,698
|
4
|
0.04
|
64
|
0.66
|
|
835
|
Dorset
|
55,849
|
5
|
0.09
|
46
|
0.82
|
|
916
|
Gloucestershire
|
85,937
|
12
|
0.14
|
90
|
1.05
|
|
420
|
Isles of Scilly
|
251
|
0
|
0.00
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
802
|
North Somerset
|
28,141
|
*
|
*
|
17
|
0.60
|
|
879
|
Plymouth
|
39.243
|
7
|
0.18
|
43
|
1.10
|
|
836
|
Poole
|
19,305
|
*
|
*
|
20
|
1.04
|
|
933
|
Somerset
|
71.328
|
12
|
0.17
|
72
|
1.01
|
|
803
|
South Gloucestershire
|
39,981
|
3
|
0.08
|
68
|
1.70
|
|
866
|
Swindon
|
28,735
|
6
|
0.21
|
28
|
0.97
|
|
880
|
Torbay
|
19,625
|
*
|
*
|
14
|
0.71
|
|
865
|
Wiltshire
|
65,540
|
11
|
0.17
|
87
|
1.33
|
