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Dear Mr Buckwell

FOI N5301

Thank you for your FOI request of 13 March. Please find below and attached
our response.

Request:

Can you provide answers to the following questions for each year from 2013
to the present:

·       How many knives or similar offensive weapons have been seized in
your schools in each year from 2013 to present?

·       In your answer can you please provide figures for secondary
schools and primary schools separately.

·       Can you also specify whether the knife was found to be in the
possession of a boy or girl and their age, or neither (ie discarded on
school premises).

·       How many injuries have been caused by knives or similar offensive
weapons in secondary schools and primary schools in the same period. Can
you specify the age of the victim and whether a pupil or a teacher, or
visitor to the school.

·       In how many of these has the victim required hospital treatment.
Can you specify the age of the victim and whether a pupil or a teacher, or
visitor to the school.

We do not collect date on any of these sections for which information has
been requested – we only hold details on exclusion which are attached. You
will need to contact individual schools for this information. Details of
North Yorkshire schools can be found at the following link:

[1]https://get-information-schools.service....

·       How many pupils have been excluded for possession or use of a
knife on school premises in each year from 2013 to present?

All LA statistics up to summer 2017 are included on the National
Statistics website

[2]https://www.gov.uk/government/collection...

The following statistics show exclusions recorded under the DfE Codes – we
do not break these down any further.

Verbal
abuse/threatening
behaviour against a
VP pupil including
·         Threatening
violence
·         Aggressive
behaviour
·         Swearing
·         Homophobic
abuse and harassment
·         Verbal
intimidation
·         Carrying an
offensive weapon
Verbal
abuse/threatening
behaviour against an
VA adult including
·         Threatening
violence
·         Aggressive
behaviour
·         Swearing
·         Homophobic
abuse and harassment
·         Verbal
intimidation

-                     
Carrying an offensive
weapon

Regards

Jessica

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