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Written Question · S3W-13994 · Session 3

Further to the answer to question S2W-4713 by Peter Peacock on 15 December 2003, what the average length of time was before (a) temporarily…

Answered Asked by Willie Coffey SNP Lodged 9 Jun 2008

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-4713 by Peter Peacock on 15 December 2003, what the average length of time was before (a) temporarily and (b) permanently excluded pupils received any form of education in each year from 2003-04 to 2006-07.

The answer

Answered by Maureen Watt on 17 Jun 2008 · 8 days after it was lodged, on time

The information requested is not held centrally.
The Scottish Government collects national statistics on exclusion from school which includes information on the type of alternative provision made. These statistics are available from:
2004-05:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/01/30144545/28.
2005-06:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/01/30100624/31.
2006-07:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/01/28122247.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-13994 by reference.