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Pupil Exclusions: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of school suspensions in Lancashire over the last five years.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
29 May 2026
Target answer date
2 Jun 2026
Answer
15 Jun 2026 · 17 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of school suspensions in Lancashire over the last five years.

  2. 2 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Statistics on suspensions by local authority by full academic year can be found in the following publication: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/suspensions-and-permanent-exclusions-in-england/2023-24. This has been availa...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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