A report estimates that in the long run, excluded pupils cost taxpayers about £2.1 billion a year in benefits, lost earnings and extra public-sector spending David Davies/PAExpelled pupils cost taxpayers an estimated £2.1 billion a year in benefits, lost earnings and extra public sector spending, a report shows. It also showed that one in two pupils permanently excluded from school had a recognised mental health problem. Many were under the care of child protection and social services. Exclusions have risen from 3,900 in 2013 to 6,700 last year, with the most vulnerable children excluded most frequently, the report stated. Excluded pupils were four times more likely to be from the poorest families and three times more likely to be known…

Source: The Times October 09, 2017 23:06 UTC