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Dept for Education and Skills

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Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average truancy rate for secondary schools was in each year since 1997, (a) in England and (b) broken down by local education authority. [175833] Mr. Miliband :[holding answer 25 May 2004]: The information requested is shown in the following table. The table shows, for each local education authority and England, the percentage of half days missed due to unauthorised absence from 1998 to present. Pupil absence in maintained secondary schools in England and local education authority _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage half days missed due to unauthorised absence 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 301 Barking and 2.0 2.0 1.7 2.0 2.0 1.9 Dagenham 302 Barnet 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.3 0.9 1.0 370 Barnsley 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.3 1.6 1.4 800 Bath and 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.8 North East Somerset 820 Bedfordshire 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 303 Bexley 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.1 1.2 0.7 330 Birmingham 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 889 Blackburn 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.3 with Darwen 890 Blackpool 1.6 1.6 1.9 1.3 1.3 1.4 350 Bolton 1.8 1.7 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 837 Bournemouth 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 867 Bracknell 0.5 1.1 0.9 1.2 0.9 0.9 Forest 380 Bradford 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.6 2.4 2.6 304 Brent 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.9 846 Brighton and 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.4 1.2 1.5 Hove 801 Bristol, City 1.6 1.9 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.1 of 305 Bromley 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.1 1.1 1.1 825 Buckinghamshi 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 re 351 Bury 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 381 Calderdale 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 873 Cambridgeshir 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 e 202 Camden 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.6 875 Cheshire 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 908 Cornwall 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 331 Coventry 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.0 306 Croydon 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 1.1 909 Cumbria 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 841 Darlington 1.6 1.3 1.6 1.0 1.1 1.1 831 Derby City 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.1 1.5 1.3 830 Derbyshire 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 878 Devon 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 371 Doncaster 2.1 2.2 2.3 1.8 1.5 1.6 835 Dorset 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 332 Dudley 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 840 Durham 1.5 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.7 307 Ealing 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.9 811 East Riding 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.7 of Yorkshire 845 East Sussex 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.3 308 Enfield 1.0 1.4 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9 881 Essex 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 390 Gateshead 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.0 916 Gloucestershi 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 re 203 Greenwich 2.4 2.2 1.9 2.3 2.5 2.4 204 Hackney 2.2 2.6 2.2 3.1 2.6 2.1 876 Halton 1.2 1.5 1.6 2.0 2.5 2.2 205 Hammersmith 2.8 2.6 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.7 and Fulham 850 Hampshire 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.1 309 Haringey 1.9 2.1 2.3 1.9 2.4 2.1 310 Harrow 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 805 Hartlepool 2.6 2.0 1.6 1.9 1.6 1.7 311 Havering 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 884 Herefordshire 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.8 919 Hertfordshire 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.7 312 Hillingdon 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.5 1.6 313 Hounslow 1.0 1.2 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.0 921 Isle of Wight 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 420 Isles of 0.4 1.0 0.1 0.0 -- -- Scilly 206 Islington 2.7 2.6 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.5 207 Kensington 2.4 2.4 1.8 2.4 1.9 1.7 and Chelsea 886 Kent 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 810 Kingston upon 3.7 3.3 2.9 2.5 2.7 2.4 Hull, City of 314 Kingston upon 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.5 Thames 382 Kirklees 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 340 Knowsley 3.1 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.8 208 Lambeth 1.5 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.0 0.6 888 Lancashire 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 383 Leeds 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.9 856 Leicester 1.9 2.0 1.9 2.2 2.3 2.6 City 855 Leicestershir 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 e 209 Lewisham 2.6 2.5 2.9 3.5 2.7 2.4 925 Lincolnshire 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 341 Liverpool 2.1 1.6 1.6 1.9 1.8 1.7 201 London, City -- -- -- -- -- -- of 821 Luton 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.8 352 Manchester 2.6 2.1 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.7 887 Medway 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.8 315 Merton 2.5 2.2 1.7 1.5 1.2 1.3 806 Middlesbrough 1.7 1.3 1.6 1.0 1.0 1.0 826 Milton Keynes 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 391 Newcastle 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.7 1.3 upon Tyne 316 Newham 3.2 3.2 2.7 2.3 2.1 1.6 926 Norfolk 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.0 812 North East 2.3 1.9 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.7 Lincolnshire 813 North 1.2 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.3 0.9 Lincolnshire 802 North 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.1 Somerset 392 North 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9 Tyneside 815 North 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 Yorkshire 928 Northamptonsh 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 ire 929 Northumberlan 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.3 d 892 Nottingham 3.9 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.1 2.4 City 891 Nottinghamshi 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.5 re 353 Oldham 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.6 931 Oxfordshire 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.1 874 Peterborough 1.2 1.2 0.9 1.2 1.2 0.9 City 879 Plymouth 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 836 Poole 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 851 Portsmouth 1.9 1.4 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.4 870 Reading 1.4 1.2 0.8 1.1 1.2 2.0 317 Redbridge 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 807 Redcar and 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.1 1.0 Cleveland 318 Richmond upon 1.0 1.5 1.8 2.5 2.5 2.1 Thames 354 Rochdale 1.9 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.6 1.4 372 Rotherham 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.6 1.3 857 Rutland 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 355 Salford 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.6 2.2 333 Sandwell 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.1 1.7 1.6 343 Sefton 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 373 Sheffield 2.2 1.9 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.0 893 Shropshire 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 871 Slough 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.5 334 Solihull 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.9 0.8 933 Somerset 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 803 South 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.2 Gloucestershi re 393 South 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.7 Tyneside 852 Southampton 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.2 882 Southend-on- 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.9 1.4 1.3 Sea 210 Southwark 2.6 2.3 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.8 342 St. Helens 0.5 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.1 860 Staffordshire 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 356 Stockport 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 808 Stockton on 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.7 Tees 861 Stoke on 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.6 1.6 1.5 Trent 935 Suffolk 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.9 1.1 394 Sunderland 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 936 Surrey 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.0 1.0 319 Sutton 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.7 866 Swindon 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 35 Tameside 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.0 0.4 894 Telford and 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.5 Wrekin 883 Thurrock 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.6 880 Torbay 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.5 211 Tower Hamlets 2.8 2.2 2.5 2.6 2.4 2.0 358 Trafford 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 384 Wakefield 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.0 335 Walsall 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 320 Waltham 2.3 1.8 1.4 2.0 1.7 1.4 Forest 212 Wandsworth 1.7 1.2 0.8 0.7 1.3 1.1 877 Warrington 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 937 Warwickshire 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 869 West 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 Berkshire 938 West Sussex 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8 213 Westminster, 3.2 3.9 3.1 2.4 1.8 1.6 City of 359 Wigan 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.6 865 Wiltshire 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 868 Windsor and 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 Maidenhead 344 Wirral 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 872 Wokingham 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.6 336 Wolverhampton 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.2 885 Worcestershir 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.8 e 816 York, City of 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 England 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

175833; 423 c1225-32W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Local education authorities Schools Secondary education Truancy

Contains statistics

Yes

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