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Written question asked by David Ruffley (Conservative) on Thursday, 22 July 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 September 2004. It was answered by Ivan Lewis (Labour) on Wednesday, 15 September 2004 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children in (a) Suffolk County Council and (b) Bury St Edmunds constituency played truant from school in each of the last five years. - Inc tables,
Answer

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children in (a) Suffolk county council and (b) Bury St. Edmunds constituency played truant from school in each of the last five years. [187179] Mr. Ivan Lewis: The information requested is as follows: Suffolk county council _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Academic year (September to Compulsory school Number of pupils Average sessions Percentage of half Attendance May) age that missed at missed per pupil days missed due to (Percentage) least a half day due to unauthorised unauthorised due to unauthorised absence absence absence Primary 2003 40,340 3,783 8 0.3 95 2002 40,686 3,826 8 0.3 95 2001 41,317 3,414 8 0.2 95 2000 40,358 2,994 8 0.2 95 1999 39,058 3,002 8 0.2 95 Secondary 2003 49,322 10,382 15 1.1 92 2002 48,668 8,001 16 0.9 92 2001 47,925 6,352 14 0.6 92 2000 47,180 4,529 14 0.5 93 1999 45,750 4,545 18 0.6 93 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Bury St. Edmunds _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Academic year (September to Compulsory school Number of pupils Average sessions Percentage of half Attendance May) age that missed at missed per pupil days missed due to (Percentage) least a half day due to unauthorised unauthorised due to unauthorised absence absence Primary 2003 5,193 463 7 0.2 95 2002 5,253 439 6 0.2 96 2001 5,201 243 7 0.1 95 2000 5,191 220 9 0.1 95 1999 4,632 223 7 0.1 96 Secondary 2003 9,714 1,444 13 0.7 94 2002 9,722 957 14 0.4 94 2001 9,588 727 13 0.3 93 2000 9,392 644 11 0.3 94 1999 9,163 692 10 0.2 94 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
424 c1610-2W;424 c1608-10W; 187179
Session
2003-04
Subjects
Pupils Schools Truancy Suffolk Bury St Edmunds
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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