Question follow-through · 17068
Pupil Exclusions: Primary Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in primary schools in England were suspended in each of the last three academic 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
- 2 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 9 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
2 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in primary schools in England were suspended in each of the last three academic years.
4 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Dec 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 is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/suspension...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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