Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research her Department has conducted on the reasons for exclusions of children from early years settings.

The Department for Education has not conducted specific research on the reasons for exclusions of children from early years settings.

The Department collects data on permanent and fixed-period exclusions from state-funded primary, state-funded secondary and special schools, including nurseries attached to these schools, for children aged four and under. The most recent National Statistics can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2014-to-2015. The Department does not collect data on exclusions in other early years settings.