Question follow-through · 1620
Pupil Exclusions: Somerset
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) suspensions and (b) exclusions from schools in Somerset by age in each of the last ten years.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 24 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 26 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 1 Aug 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) suspensions and (b) exclusions from schools in Somerset by age in each of the last ten years.
26 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Aug 2024
Answer published
The department publishes figures from the school census on suspensions and permanent exclusions from state-funded schools in England. The most recent release can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/suspension...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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