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Written question asked by David Simpson (Democratic Unionist Party) on Friday, 13 October 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 17 October 2006. It was answered by Maria Eagle (Labour) on Thursday, 19 October 2006 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.


School Bullying

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many pupils were (a) suspended and (b) permanently excluded from school in Northern Ireland for bullying in each of the last three years.
Answer

From the 2002-03 school year, statistics on the reasons for suspension have been gathered annually from each education and library board and relate to the number of individual suspensions not to the number of pupils suspended. The following table details the number of suspensions for bullying of another pupil in the 2002-03 to 2004-05 school years:

Number of suspensions for bullying of another pupil
2002-03 289
2003-04 341
2004-05 322

Reasons for expulsion have been collected since the 2003-04 school year. The number of pupils expelled for bullying of another pupil is shown in the following table:

Number of pupils expelled for bullying of another pupil
2002-03 Not available
2003-04 0
2004-05 2

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
450 c1376W;450 c1382W; 95016
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Bullying Northern Ireland Schools
Link
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