Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Nicholas Dakin Excerpts
Monday 25th June 2018

(6 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nadhim Zahawi Portrait Nadhim Zahawi
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I thank my right hon. Friend the Chairman of the Education Committee for that question. I do recognise that, which is why the Government have announced an exclusions review, led by Ed Timpson.

Nicholas Dakin Portrait Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab)
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Further to the previous question, what are the Government doing to address the issue of academies excluding people with special educational needs, which is contributing to the rise in exclusions?

Nadhim Zahawi Portrait Nadhim Zahawi
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We are looking at different groups and the proportion of those being excluded, which I hope will come out through the Timpson exclusions review. We are also talking to Ofsted about the issue of off-rolling.