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Written question asked by Karen Buck (Labour) on Tuesday, 22 May 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 June 2012. It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Monday, 11 June 2012 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Pupil Exclusions: Offensive Weapons

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many pupils were permanently excluded from secondary schools in England for being in possession of a weapon (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of all exclusions in each of the last five years;

[109765]

Answer

The Department does not specifically collect data on the number of pupils permanently excluded for being in possession of a weapon.

Information on the reason for exclusion is collected under the following categories:

physical assault against a pupil/adult; verbal abuse/threatening behaviour against a pupil/adult; bullying; racist abuse; sexual misconduct; drug and alcohol related; damage; theft; persistent disruptive behaviour; and other. Exclusions resulting from a pupil carrying an offensive weapon are recorded under the category ‘verbal abuse/threatening behaviour’ but cannot be separately identified.

The latest data on permanent exclusions by reason at national and local authority level were published in Tables 9 and 21, respectively, of the “Permanent and Fixed Period Exclusions from Schools in England” Statistical First Release on 28 July 2011 at:

http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s001016/index.shtml

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
109765; 546 c384W
Session
2012-13
Subjects
Pupil exclusions Offensive weapons Schools
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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