Question follow-through · 66249

Pupil Exclusions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to make changes to the collection of data in relation to (a) suspensions and (b) permanent exclusions in England.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
9 Jul 2025
Target answer date
14 Jul 2025
Answer
14 Jul 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to make changes to the collection of data in relation to (a) suspensions and (b) permanent exclusions in England.

  2. 14 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The department does not collect the pupil characteristics data for reinstated when an Independent Review Panel (IRP) has quashed a permanent exclusion.The department is taking action to strengthen the oversight and monitoring of all exclusion data collect...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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