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Unauthorised Absences

Answer

The percentage of half days missed due to unauthorised absence in Chorley parliamentary constituency and Lancashire local authority in each year since 1997 are shown as follows.

Percentage of half days missed in maintained primary schools¹ due to unauthorised absence²,³
	Chorley	Lancashire	England
1997/98	0.2	0.3	0.50
1998/99	0.2	0.4	0.49
1999/2000	0.2	0.4	0.47
2000/01	0.2	0.3	0.49
2001/02	0.3	0.34	0.45
2002/03	0.2	0.31	0.43
2003/04	0.2	0.32	0.41
2004/05	0.2	0.34	0.43
2005/06	0.3	0.35	0.45

Percentage of half days missed in maintained secondary schools¹ due to unauthorised absence²,³
	Chorley	Lancashire	England
1997/98	0.5	0.8	1.10
1998/99	0.6	0.9	1.07
1999/2000	0.5	0.8	1.04
2000/01	0.6	0.8	1.07
2001/02	0.5	0.82	1.09
2002/03	0.5	0.82	1.07
2003/04	0.5	0.88	1.13
2004/05	0.5	0.93	1.23
2005/06	0.6	0.94	1.20
¹ Includes middle schools as deemed.
² Due to local government reorganisation, regional figures are not available prior to 1998.
³ Figures for Chorley are available to one decimal place. Figures for Lancashire local authority are available to one decimal place prior to 2001/02 and two decimal places from 2001/02 onwards.

Unauthorised absence is absence without leave from a teacher or other authorised representative of the school. This includes all unexplained or unjustified absences, such as lateness, holidays during term time not authorised by the school, absence where reason is not yet established and truancy.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

117196; 457 c278W;457 c262W

Session

2006-07

Subjects

Truancy Lancashire

Link

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