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To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action may be taken against parents who knowingly allow and encourage their children to truant from school; and how many parents have had action taken against them since 1997; what measures are in place to ensure that parents who...

Asked by

Jimmy Wray (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 July 2003

Reference

408 c200-1W; 121515;121516

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures have been taken since 1997 to reduce cases of truancy from schools; and what plans he has to improve schools' links with local police to catch truanting children. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Jimmy Wray (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

19 June 2003

For answer on

26 June 2003

Answered on

26 June 2003

Mr. Wray: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what measures have been taken since 1997 to reduce cases of truancy from schools; and what plans he has to improve schools' links with local police to catch truanting children. [121514] Mr. Ivan Lewis: Since 1997 we have been supporting schools and Local Education Authorities through funding a range of local and national initiatives to tackle truancy and improve school attendance, including the dissemination of school attendance guidance, a series of practitioner conferences and funding for the introduction of electronic registration systems into over 500 schools to track and manage absence. As part of the three year £470 million Behaviour and Attendance strategy, targeted support is now being provided for schools with some of the greatest challenges to meet in improving behaviour and attendance. 700 schools are currently covered and this will extend to a further 1,900 schools by 2005. In addition the strategy will support all secondary schools with behaviour and attendance training and audits which will be available from September. Local Education Authorities with higher than expected levels of truancy are being provided with additional expert support to impact on school attendance rates. We have also co-ordinated national truancy sweeps in consultation with schools, Local Education Authorities and the police, and we have issued guidance on the operation of truancy sweeps. The last nationally co- ordinated truancy sweeps took place over three weeks last month involving all police forces in England and a further round is planned for the autumn. At local level truancy sweeps are now a regular feature in most Local Education Authorities and they are planned and conducted in partnership with schools, the police and other bodies such as Connexions and Youth Offending Teams. All schools are encouraged to develop good links between themselves and their local police. This includes the development of joint school and police liaison protocols.

Date

26 June 2003

Reference

121514; 407 c950-2W;407 c952W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children were found to be truant each year since 1997; if she will make a statement on truancy and measures planned and introduced to combat it; and what is done with children that are consistently truant from school...

Asked by

Jimmy Wray (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

20 March 2002

For answer on

10 April 2002

Answered on

10 April 2002

Mr. Wray: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children were found to be truant each year since 1997; if she will make a statement on truancy and measures planned and introduced to combat it; and what is done with children that are consistently truant from school despite action taken. [46169] Mr. Ivan Lewis: The table gives the number of children who had one or more sessions (half-days) of unauthorised absence in each year since 1997. Unauthorised absence includes all absences that the school has decided not to approve. Thousand _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Academic year{ 1} Number of pupils with at least one session Total number of compulsory school age of unauthorised absence pupils 1996-97 1,015.0. 7,011.8 1997-98 1,065.2 6,977.3 1998-99 1,114.4 7,071.6 1999-2000 1,124.7 7,102.3 2000-01 1,171.2 7,176.2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Information is collected from schools for the period from September to May We have put into place a package of measures that help schools to set a tough clear policy on truancy including all of the measures recommended in the Social Exclusion Unit's report `Truancy and School Exclusion' in 1998. We are providing more support than ever before to schools and local education authorities to tackle attendance and behaviour problems; over three years we have provided in excess of £500 million to support local projects. Improving school attendance is a key aim for the new Connexions Service; personal advisers provide support to young people disengaged from education, helping to reduce barriers to attending school regularly. Learning Mentors in Excellence in Cities areas have an important role in securing good relations between school and home, fostering a positive attitude to learning on the part of families and helping them to support their children.

Date

10 April 2002

Reference

46169; 383 c134W

House

House of Commons

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