Pupil referral unit

Dear Mr Jenkinson,

Re: Request for Information - Pupil Referral Units - Reference Number:
CHS/7E6JKZ

Thank you for your request for information, which was received by
Manchester City Council on 28 April 2008.

It may take up to 20 working days (approximately 4 weeks) for the Council
to consider your request and to provide a formal response. If this
timescale needs to be extended to consider an exemption you will be
notified and kept informed.

If you have any queries, please contact me on the number below.

Yours sincerely,

Liz Cooper

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Dear Mr Jenkinson,

Re: Request for Information - Pupil Referral Units - Reference Number:
CHS/7E6JKZ

Thank you for your request for information, which was received by
Manchester City Council on 28 April 2008 and has been considered under the
provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

In response to your request, I have summarised the information as follows.

a) how many pupils are at pupil referral units in Manchester local
authority? 177

b) the number of teaching staff? 18

c) the average number of contact hours an excluded pupil at a PRU would
have with a member of teaching staff a week?
Average contact hours pupil/teaching staff: 18
NB: pupil/staff contact hours (including non-teaching staff): 24

d) the annual budget for PRUs? **2.2 m

This information may be subject to copyright. Freedom of Information does
not give you an automatic right to re-use this information in a way that
would infringe copyright, for example, by publishing the information or
making multiple copies.

Please note if you are not satisfied with this response you may ask for an
internal review. If you wish to complain you should contact Lynn Evans,
Information Compliance Officer ([Manchester City Council request email])
in the first instance. If you require more information about the
Council***s access to information complaints procedure this can be
downloaded from
http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/script...

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision.

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

Yours sincerely,

Nigel Trim
Head of Business Services and Access

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