Question follow-through · 86142

Schools: Discipline

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the use (a) isolation or (b) internal exclusion rooms by (a) SEND status, (b) gender, (c) ethnicity and (d) free school meal eligibility.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
28 Oct 2025
Target answer date
30 Oct 2025
Answer
10 Nov 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 28 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the use (a) isolation or (b) internal exclusion rooms by (a) SEND status, (b) gender, (c) ethnicity and (d) free school meal eligibility.

  2. 30 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The department does not hold data on the use of isolation or internal exclusion rooms, sometimes referred to as removal.The department trusts headteachers to use their professional judgement, based on the individual circumstances, when issuing a sanction....

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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