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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of children of secondary age were absent from school due to (a) authorised and (b) unauthorised absence in each of the years 1996-97 to 2001-02 in (i) foundation, (ii) voluntary aided, (iii) voluntary controlled, (iv) community, (v) specialist, (vi) city technology college and (vii) grammar schools. [65400] Mr. Stephen Twigg: [holding answer 1 July 2002]: The information requested is shown in the table. Percentage of half days missed due to (a) authorised and (b) unauthorised absence in secondary schools in England _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 (a) Authorised absences (i) Foundation 7.3 7.2 7.3 7.0 7.5 (ii) Voluntary aided 7.9 7.7 7.3 7.1 7.4 (iii) Voluntary controlled 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.1 7.5 (iv) Community 8.5 8.3 8.2 8.0 8.4 (v) Specialist -- -- 7.4 7.3 7.7 (vi) City technology 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.9 6.2 colleges (vii) Grammar schools 4.8 4.9 5.1 4.8 5.1 (b) Unauthorised absences (i) Foundation 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 (ii) Voluntary aided 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 (iii) Voluntary controlled 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 (iv) Community 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 (v) Specialist -- -- 0.9 0.9 0.9 (vi) City technology 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 colleges (vii) Grammar schools 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Information for 2001-02 is not yet available.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

388 c488W;388 c486W; 65400

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Parents Truancy

Link

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