Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the number of students with SEND being excluded from school on the economy in the long-term.

The department regularly monitors trends in suspension and permanent exclusion rates for various pupil groups and undertakes regular reviews of the evidence concerning the long-term outcomes of pupils who have experienced a suspension or permanent exclusion. We are aware that there is an association with adverse life outcomes for pupils who have been excluded.