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Written question asked by Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 3 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 February 2010. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Tuesday, 23 February 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Truancy: Leeds

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the unauthorised absence rate was for pupils in Leeds local authority area in each year since 1997.
Answer

[holding answer 8 February 2010]: The available information is shown in the table. To provide information for further years would incur disproportionate cost.

Primary, secondary and special schools¹,²,³: percentage of half days missed due to unauthorised absence 1996/97 to 2007/084— Leeds local authority
Percentage5
1996/97 1.22
1999/2000 1.17
2003/04 1.14
2006/07 1.59
2007/08 1.48
¹ Includes middle schools as deemed.
² Includes maintained secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies (including all-through academies).
³ Includes maintained and non maintained special schools. Excludes general hospital schools.
4 Figures prior to 2006/07 have been sourced from the Absence in Schools Survey. Other figures are derived from the School Census.
5 The number of sessions missed due to unauthorised absence expressed as a percentage of the total number of possible sessions.
Source:
Absence in Schools Survey and School Census4

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
506 c547-8W; 316341
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Leeds Truancy
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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