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Pupil Exclusions

Asked by Dan CardenLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 23 July 2025UIN 67943

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2025 to Question 66249 on Pupil Exclusions, what her planned timetable is for her Department's changes to data collection to be made.

Answered by Stephen Morgan

The proposed changes to the data collection, aimed at strengthening the oversight and monitoring of all exclusion through the school census, will require legislative amendments. As such they are subject to parliamentary procedure and are expected to come into effect for the 2026/27 academic year.

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