Schools: Exclusions

Lord Ramsbotham Excerpts

Tuesday 15th December 2015 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Evans of Bowes Park]

As I mentioned, one of the main initiatives is the troubled families programme. It originally helped 116,000 families, but it will be expanded over the course of this Parliament to help up to 400,000 families. Its aim is to bring together local authorities, police, housing, employment advisers, schools, health and children’s social services to deliver integrated, whole-family support. That is what needs to happen to make sure that families do not go through a continuing cycle of deprivation.

[Lord Ramsbotham (CB)]

My Lords, can the Minister tell the House what has happened to the zero exclusion project, which was introduced by the previous Secretary of State?

[Baroness Evans of Bowes Park]

I am afraid I will have to write to the noble Lord.