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To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list by local education authority the truancy figures and percentage of pupils involved in the last 10 years, indicating the factors at work where reductions have been most marked. (Table in Library as Dep No. 00/1801). -...

Asked by

Win Griffiths (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

27 November 2000

For answer on

29 November 2000

Answered on

29 November 2000

Mr. Win Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list by local education authority the truancy figures and percentage of pupils involved in the last 10 years, indicating the factors at work where reductions have been most marked. [140942] Ms Estelle Morris: The precise data requested in this question are not available centrally. I have today placed in the Library a table that provides rates of unauthorised absence in secondary schools in England by local education authority for each year since 1993-94, when absence figures were first collated centrally. I will write to my hon. Friend further with data for primary schools and place a copy in the Library. Over three years, we are investing in excess of £500 million across England on projects tackling truancy and school exclusion, and other initiatives to get children back into school and learning. Effective projects include the purchasing of electronic equipment to monitor attendance, additional staff to chase-up truants, and reward schemes for acknowledging regular attendance. Schools are also being encouraged to set up pupils mentoring schemes and to develop home-school liaison through the implementation of home-school agreements. Schools can also set aside part of the National Curriculum at Key Stage 4 to allow certain pupils to spend more time on work-related learning. Last month, in conjunction with my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary, we announced further measures to tackle truancy. This includes a co-ordinated national programme with truancy sweeps; an extra £43 million in 2001-02 to tackle poor behaviour in schools with truancy as the top priority; extra Learning Mentors in Excellence in Cities areas; increased penalties for parents who take no action to secure the attendance of their children; and asking schools with above average truancy records to set new targets for attendance. Together, these initiatives are designed to help schools reduce truancy and raise overall attendance levels.

Date

29 November 2000

Reference

357 c649-50W;357 c648-9W; 140942

House

House of Commons

Lords amendts:Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill 1999/2000

Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill. Lords amendments considered. Some disagreed to, some agreed to. Some agreed to with amendments. Government amendments in lieu of Lords amendments agreed to. Committee appointed to draw up reasons to be assigned to the Lords for disagreeing to certain of their amendments. Reasons reported...

Department

Home Office

Type

Debates on bills

Date

14 November 2000

Reference

356 c833-913

House

House of Commons

Blackstone, Baroness

Why they are proposing to raise the level of fines for parents found guilty of their children's non-attendance at school when they stated in the Written Answer by Baroness Blackstone on 18 May v613 c37-8WA that they do not know the average fine levied or the number of parents who...

Asked by

Baroness Blatch (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 October 2000

Reference

618 c71-2WA

House

House of Lords

Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill 1999/2000

Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill. Lords committee stage second day. Clauses 26 to 72 agreed to, some as amended. Clauses 4 to 7 agreed to, some as amended. New clauses and new schedules considered. Bill reported with amendments (HL Bill 115 of 1999/2000).

Department

Home Office

Type

Committee of the Whole House (HL); Debates on bills

Date

4 October 2000

Reference

616 c1518-89,1603-80

House

House of Lords

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answer of 20th June, Official Report, 352 c168W, on statistics, to the honourable Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey, if he will list (a) in total and (b) by parliamentary constituency of the school, the number of...

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

13 July 2000

For answer on

20 July 2000

Answered on

20 July 2000

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Southwark, North and Bermondsey (Mr. Hughes) of 20 June 2000, Official Report, column 168W, on statistics, if he will list (a) in total and (b) by parliamentary constituency of the school, the number of unauthorised absences for 1998-99. [131190] Ms Estelle Morris: [holding answer 18 July 2000]: The number and percentage of half days missed due to unauthorised absence for 1998-99, analysed by (a) England and (b) by parliamentary constituency is shown in the following table. Percentage of half days missed due to unauthorised absences-- England 1998-99 analysed by parliamentary constituency _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Parliamentary constituency Number of half days missed (thousand) Percentage of half days missed England 14,964.8 0.7 Aldershot 19.1 0.4 Aldridge-Brownhills 16.2 0.4 Altrincham and Sale, West 9.0 0.2 Amber Valley 28.9 0.7 Arundel and South Downs 12.6 0.4 Ashfield 33.2 0.8 Ashford 24.0 0.6 Ashton-upon-Lyne 38.4 0.8 Aylesbury 17.2 0.3 Banbury 45.3 1.1 Barking 42.1 1.5 Barnsley, Central 44.4 1.3 Barnsley, East and Mexborough 49.8 1.3 Barnsley, West and Penistone 34.5 1.1 Barrow and Furness 15.7 0.4 Basildon 53.1 1.1 Basingstoke 31.4 0.7 Bassetlaw 40.7 1.2 Bath 16.7 0.5 Batley and Spen 72.3 1.7 Battersea 15.6 0.8 Beaconsfield 6.9 0.2 Beckenham 19.3 0.5 Bedford 21.7 0.6 Berwick-upon-Tweed 10.7 0.4 Bethnal Green and Bow 85.7 1.7 Beverley and Holderness 35.0 0.8 Bexhill and Battle 10.2 0.3 Bexleyheath and Crayford 21.3 0.6 Billericay 32.6 0.8 Birkenhead 34.3 0.9 Birmingham, Edgbaston 28.3 0.9 Birmingham, Erdington 41.1 1.2 Birmingham, Hall Green 22.7 0.7 Birmingham, Hodge Hill 65.0 1.5 Birmingham, Ladywood 87.2 1.7 Birmingham, Northfield 45.6 1.3 Birmingham, Perry Barr 53.3 1.1 Birmingham, Selly Oak 28.6 0.6 Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath 91.9 1.5 Birmingham, Yardley 28.0 1.1 Bishop Auckland 22.0 0.6 Blaby 11.9 0.3 Blackburn 55.2 1.0 Blackpool, North and Fleetwood 25.1 0.7 Blackpool, South 44.5 1.2 Blaydon 16.0 0.5 Blyth Valley 12.8 0.4 Bognor Regis and Littlehampton 19.4 0.7 Bolsover 33.2 1.0 Bolton, North-East 36.8 0.9 Bolton, South-East 36.3 0.8 Bolton, West 33.3 1.0 Bootle 29.4 0.8 Boston and Skegness 32.4 1.0 Bosworth 28.8 0.7 Bournemouth, East 22.5 0.7 Bournemouth, West 17.7 0.7 Bracknell 23.7 0.5 Bradford, North 96.6 2.1 Bradford, South 80.3 1.9 Bradford, West 84.4 1.8 Braintree 21.6 0.5 Brent, East 19.7 0.8 Brent, North 15.9 0.5 Brent, South 32.1 1.0 Brentford and Isleworth 48.1 1.0 Brentwood and Ongar 12.9 0.3 Bridgwater 19.6 0.6 Brigg and Goole 14.0 0.4 Brighton, Kemptown 26.8 1.0 Brighton, Pavilion 13.8 0.6 Bristol, East 43.0 1.4 Bristol, North-West 55.1 1.2 Bristol, South 67.4 1.6 Bristol, West 16.8 0.7 Bromley and Chislehurst 15.8 0.4 Bromsgrove 16.9 0.4 Broxbourne 16.3 0.4 Broxtowe 25.8 0.7 Buckingham 3.2 0.1 Burnley 45.7 1.0 Burton 18.7 0.4 Bury, North 21.5 0.4 Bury, South 20.0 0.5 Bury St. Edmunds 8.2 0.2 Calder Valley 15.1 0.3 Camberwell and Peckham 47.0 1.6 Cambridge 23.3 1.0 Cannock Chase 17.3 0.4 Canterbury 30.0 0.7 Carlisle 21.1 0.6 Carshalton and Wallington 19.3 0.5 Castle Point 21.3 0.5 Central Suffolk and Ipswich, North 13.0 0.4 Charnwood 12.8 0.3 Chatham and Aylesford 18.8 0.4 Cheadle 25.5 0.6 Cheltenham 12.3 0.4 Chesham and Amersham 11.0 0.3 Chesterfield 29.1 0.8 Chichester 15.6 0.4 Chingford and Woodford Green 27.5 0.7 Chipping Barnet 24.4 0.6 Chorley 18.5 0.4 Christchurch 13.7 0.4 Cities of London and Westminster 29.5 1.4 City of Chester 29.4 0.8 City of Durham 15.0 0.5 City of York 26.5 0.8 Cleethorpes 34.5 0.7 Colchester 28.8 0.6 Colne Valley 15.2 0.4 Congleton 10.7 0.3 Copeland 12.7 0.4 Corby 24.2 0.6 Cotswold 4.9 0.1 Coventry, North-East 46.9 1.0 Coventry, North-West 33.5 0.8 Coventry, South 30.2 0.8 Crawley 18.2 0.4 Crewe and Nantwich 23.1 0.6 Crosby 4.3 0.1 Croydon, Central 39.0 0.9 Croydon, North 33.3 0.8 Croydon, South 13.4 0.4 Dagenham 76.4 1.8 Darlington 25.5 0.7 Dartford 12.9 0.3 Daventry 15.7 0.3 Denton and Reddish 21.8 0.5 Derby, North 20.1 0.5 Derby, South 36.3 0.8 Devizes 23.5 0.5 Dewsbury 54.1 1.2 Doncaster, Central 51.1 1.2 Doncaster, North 60.8 1.7 Don Valley 41.0 1.0 Dover 18.0 0.5 Dudley, North 25.3 0.6 Dudley, South 21.8 0.7 Dulwich and West Norwood 41.7 1.7 Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush 57.7 1.9 Ealing, North 22.8 0.6 Ealing, Southall 36.7 0.8 Easington 28.8 0.8 East Devon 18.1 0.7 East Ham 111.1 2.2 East Hampshire 20.9 0.5 East Surrey 7.9 0.2 East Worthing and Shoreham 19.4 0.5 East Yorkshire 27.2 0.8 Eastbourne 22.0 0.7 Eastleigh 17.2 0.4 Eccles 44.0 1.0 Eddisbury 12.9 0.4 Edmonton 65.1 1.6 Ellesmere Port and Neston 16.7 0.5 Elmet 9.1 0.2 Eltham 49.3 1.5 Enfield, North 51.9 1.1 Enfield, Southgate 22.0 0.7 Epping Forest 15.4 0.5 Epsom and Ewell 15.1 0.4 Erewash 22.3 0.5 Erith and Thamesmead 48.3 1.1 Esher and Walton 11.3 0.5 Exeter 36.4 1.0 Falmouth and Camborne 20.0 0.5 Fareham 18.1 0.5 Faversham and Mid Kent 8.8 0.3 Feltham and Heston 37.0 0.9 Finchley and Golders Green 26.2 0.7 Folkestone and Hythe 22.0 0.6 Forest of Dean 8.0 0.3 Fylde 11.3 0.3 Gainsborough 15.0 0.4 Gateshead, East and Washington, West 37.6 0.9 Gedling 34.8 0.9 Gillingham 42.9 0.9 Gloucester 36.1 0.7 Gosport 35.0 0.9 Grantham and Stamford 11.3 0.3 Gravesham 35.5 0.8 Great Grimsby 44.6 1.3 Great Yarmouth 28.8 0.8 Greenwich and Woolwich 74.5 2.1 Guildford 15.4 0.4 Hackney, North and Stoke Newington 57.9 2.2 Hackney, South and Shoreditch 59.7 1.6 Halesowen and Rowley Regis 27.8 0.7 Halifax 31.8 0.7 Haltemprice and Howden 17.4 0.4 Halton 42.3 1.0 Hammersmith and Fulham 42.6 1.4 Hampstead and Highgate 27.5 1.2 Harborough 26.2 0.5 Harlow 28.8 0.8 Harrogate and Knaresborough 9.5 0.2 Harrow, East 20.2 0.5 Harrow, West 18.2 0.5 Hartlepool 54.9 1.2 Harwich 38.6 1.1 Hastings and Rye 58.9 1.5 Havant 36.6 0.9 Hayes and Harlington 42.0 1.4 Hazel Grove 27.9 0.8 Hemel Hempstead 27.1 0.7 Hemsworth 27.3 0.6 Hendon 32.1 0.8 Henley 20.2 0.6 Hereford 18.2 0.5 Hertford and Stortford 14.5 0.3 Hertsmere 31.0 0.8 Hexham 5.0 0.2 Heywood and Middleton 37.0 0.8 High Peak 17.8 0.4 Hitchin and Harpenden 9.8 0.3 Holborn and St. Pancras 53.1 1.7 Hornchurch 11.8 0.3 Hornsey and Wood Green 61.1 1.5 Horsham 9.3 0.3 Houghton and Washington, East 18.9 0.6 Hove 16.2 0.5 Huddersfield 55.8 1.5 Huntingdon 26.3 0.6 Hyndburn 37.9 0.9 Ilford, North 21.0 0.5 Ilford, South 36.3 0.9 Ipswich 19.7 0.5 Isle of Wight 23.6 0.5 Islington, North 49.5 1.6 Islington, South and Finsbury 52.4 1.9 Jarrow 12.0 0.3 Keighley 41.1 1.1 Kensington and Chelsea 28.9 1.8 Kettering 26.2 0.5 Kingston and Surbiton 19.9 0.6 Kingston upon Hull, East 77.2 1.7 Kingston upon Hull, North 81.1 2.0 Kingston upon Hull, West and Hessle 38.3 1.6 Kingswood 35.6 0.9 Knowsley, North and Sefton, East 48.5 1.0 Knowsley, South 74.8 1.6 Lancaster and Wyre 13.0 0.3 Leeds, Central 100.5 2.4 Leeds, East 47.3 1.5 Leeds, North-East 48.9 1.3 Leeds, North-West 22.2 0.8 Leeds, West 47.4 1.6 Leicester, East 42.2 0.8 Leicester, South 39.5 1.0 Leicester, West 74.6 1.8 Leigh 39.3 1.0 Leominster 12.5 0.4 Lewes 15.3 0.5 Lewisham, Deptford 41.6 1.6 Lewisham, East 45.4 1.6 Lewisham, West 59.8 2.0 Leyton and Wanstead 36.1 1.0 Lichfield 10.3 0.3 Lincoln 43.9 1.3 Liverpool, Garston 57.1 1.3 Liverpool, Riverside 32.8 1.0 Liverpool, Walton 48.1 1.2 Liverpool, Wavertree 46.0 1.0 Liverpool, West Derby 48.3 1.2 Loughborough 34.7 0.8 Louth and Horncastle 21.3 0.6 Ludlow 10.2 0.3 Luton, North 34.2 0.7 Luton, South 24.3 0.6 Macclesfield 14.7 0.4 Maidenhead 10.5 0.3 Maidstone and The Weald 18.4 0.4 Makerfield 28.3 0.6 Maldon and East Chelmsford 13.8 0.4 Manchester, Blackley 58.0 1.3 Manchester, Central 51.2 1.6 Manchester, Gorton 54.6 1.7 Manchester, Withington 35.6 1.0 Mansfield 52.4 1.3 Medway 23.5 0.5 Meriden 28.1 0.6 Mid Bedfordshire 13.9 0.3 Mid Dorset and North Pool 18.2 0.4 Mid Norfolk 7.2 0.2 Mid Sussex 9.7 0.2 Mid Worcestershire 14.4 0.4 Middlesbrough 45.4 0.9 Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East 20.4 0.5 Milton Keynes, South-West 24.6 0.5 Milton Keynes, North-East 13.9 0.4 Mitcham and Morden 50.0 1.6 Mole Valley 7.2 0.3 Morecambe and Lunesdale 25.1 0.7 Morley and Rothwell 50.4 1.1 New Forest, East 20.3 0.6 New Forest, West 7.7 0.3 Newark 39.4 0.9 Newbury 11.5 0.3 Newcastle upon Tyne, Central 24.1 0.8 Newcastle upon Tyne, East and Wallsend 33.3 1.0 Newcastle upon Tyne, North 18.8 0.6 Newcastle-under-Lyme 16.6 0.5 Normanton 19.8 0.5 North Cornwall 19.6 0.4 North Devon 16.1 0.4 North Dorset 10.6 0.3 North Durham 21.3 0.6 North-East Bedfordshire 14.6 0.4 North-East Cambridgeshire 43.0 1.2 North-East Derbyshire 31.6 0.8 North-East Hampshire 15.5 0.4 North-East Hertfordshire 12.2 0.3 North Essex 11.3 0.4 North Norfolk 15.7 0.5 North Shropshire 13.2 0.4 North Swindon 18.4 0.5 North Thanet 26.8 0.9 North Tyneside 12.1 0.4 North Warwickshire 16.0 0.4 North-West Cambridgeshire 24.9 0.6 North-West Durham 18.6 0.6 North-West Hampshire 23.0 0.6 North-West Leicestershire 22.0 0.6 North-West Norfolk 38.1 1.0 North Wiltshire 11.4 0.2 Northampton, North 39.2 0.9 Northampton, South 22.9 0.6 Northavon 14.4 0.3 Norwich, North 32.4 0.8 Norwich, South 19.8 0.7 Nottingham, East 45.9 1.7 Nottingham, North 109.2 2.2 Nottingham, South 36.3 1.2 Nuneaton 19.2 0.5 Old Bexley and Sidcup 12.9 0.3 Oldham, East and Saddleworth 43.6 0.9 Oldham, West and Royton 66.9 1.3 Orpington 19.5 0.5 Oxford, East 58.3 1.8 Oxford, West and Abingdon 28.0 0.8 Pendle 36.5 0.8 Penrith and The Border 7.2 0.2 Peterborough 40.0 0.8 Plymouth, Devonport 25.0 0.5 Plymouth, Sutton 23.3 0.7 Pontefract and Castleford 40.7 1.1 Poole 17.0 0.7 Poplar and Canning Town 92.3 2.0 Portsmouth, North 45.2 1.2 Portsmouth, South 28.4 0.9 Preston 39.5 1.1 Pudsey 22.4 0.5 Putney 20.5 1.0 Rayleigh 10.2 0.3 Reading, East 20.5 0.7 Reading, West 37.1 0.8 Redcar 41.8 0.9 Redditch 26.6 0.7 Regent's Park and Kensington, North 98.0 3.0 Reigate 7.3 0.3 Ribble Valley 9.6 0.2 Richmond, Yorks 9.9 0.3 Richmond Park 15.4 0.5 Rochdale 36.3 0.8 Rochford and Southend, East 39.5 1.0 Romford 10.0 0.3 Romsey 12.1 0.3 Rossendale and Darwen 35.1 0.7 Rother Valley 47.1 1.0 Rotherham 30.4 0.8 Rugby and Kenilworth 16.7 0.4 Ruislip-Northwood 21.4 0.7 Runnymede and Weybridge 9.2 0.3 Rushcliffe 23.9 0.6 Rutland and Melton 12.0 0.3 Ryedale 7.0 0.2 Saffron Walden 14.3 0.4 St. Albans 16.7 0.4 St. Helens, North 7.5 0.2 St. Helens, South 21.9 0.6 St. Ives 15.0 0.4 Salford 44.1 1.4 Salisbury 19.5 0.5 Scarborough and Whitby 24.4 0.6 Scunthorpe 29.5 0.7 Sedgefield 28.7 0.8 Selby 10.0 0.2 Sevenoaks 10.8 0.5 Sheffield, Attercliffe 30.6 0.9 Sheffield, Brightside 99.5 2.8 Sheffield, Central 52.4 2.5 Sheffield, Hallam 15.9 0.4 Sheffield, Heeley 42.7 1.3 Sheffield, Hillsborough 25.0 0.7 Sherwood 25.7 0.6 Shipley 42.7 1.1 Shrewsbury and Atcham 11.8 0.3 Sittingbourne and Sheppey 18.0 0.4 Skipton and Ripon 11.4 0.3 Sleaford and North, Hykeham 8.4 0.2 Slough 43.8 0.9 Solihull 13.1 0.3 Somerton and Frome 12.3 0.3 South Cambridgeshire 6.4 0.2 South Derbyshire 23.0 0.5 South Dorset 13.7 0.5 South-East Cambridgeshire 14.0 0.3 South-East Cornwall 12.8 0.3 South Holland and The Deepings 19.9 0.5 South Norfolk 14.1 0.3 South Ribble 14.3 0.3 South Shields 8.7 0.2 South Staffordshire 13.7 0.4 South Suffolk 10.4 0.3 South Swindon 24.1 0.6 South Thanet 17.9 0.5 South-West Bedfordshire 18.4 0.4 South-West Devon 9.4 0.2 South-West Hertfordshire 14.5 0.4 South-West Norfolk 25.8 0.6 South-West Surrey 9.4 0.3 Southampton, Itchen 44.6 1.0 Southampton, Test 37.4 1.1 Southend, West 26.7 0.8 Southport 8.4 0.3 Southwark, North and Bermondsey 80.4 2.1 Spelthorne 16.0 0.5 Stafford 17.2 0.5 Staffordshire Moorlands 9.9 0.3 Stalybridge and Hyde 38.1 0.9 Stevenage 24.8 0.5 Stockport 29.8 1.0 Stockton, North 20.7 0.5 Stockton, South 20.5 0.4 Stoke-on-Trent, Central 27.1 0.9 Stoke-on-Trent, North 31.3 0.9 Stoke-on-Trent, South 26.7 0.7 Stone 6.2 0.2 Stourbridge 5.7 0.2 Stratford-on-Avon 9.1 0.2 Streatham 23.7 0.8 Stretford and Urmston 45.8 1.1 Stroud 5.6 0.2 Suffolk Coastal 9.7 0.3 Sunderland, North 15.4 0.5 Sunderland, South 41.2 0.9 Surrey Heath 13.8 0.4 Sutton and Cheam 9.5 0.3 Sutton Coldfield 16.7 0.4 Tamworth 23.2 0.6 Tatton 10.1 0.4 Taunton 10.2 0.3 Teignbridge 15.8 0.4 Telford 23.9 0.6 Tewkesbury 9.0 0.2 The Wrekin 21.4 0.6 Thurrock 52.3 1.2 Tiverton and Honiton 17.2 0.4 Tonbridge and Malling 12.2 0.3 Tooting 19.4 0.7 Torbay 23.5 0.6 Torridge and West Devon 24.1 0.6 Totnes 13.0 0.4 Tottenham 71.0 1.9 Truro and St. Austell 15.8 0.4 Tunbridge Wells 9.2 0.3 Twickenham 30.5 0.8 Tyne Bridge 26.0 1.2 Tynemouth 11.7 0.3 Upminster 13.6 0.4 Uxbridge 48.5 1.3 Vale of York 5.5 0.2 Vauxhall 34.7 1.2 Wakefield 28.5 0.9 Wallasey 27.8 0.7 Walsall, North 35.7 0.9 Walsall, South 39.5 1.0 Walthamstow 44.1 1.2 Wansbeck 23.8 0.6 Wansdyke 24.1 0.5 Wantage 17.5 0.5 Warley 32.6 0.9 Warrington, North 20.2 0.5 Warrington, South 12.0 0.3 Warwick and Leamington 16.5 0.4 Watford 19.8 0.5 Waveney 14.4 0.3 Wealden 16.3 0.4 Weaver Vale 36.3 0.8 Wellingborough 33.0 0.8 Wells 12.8 0.3 Welwyn Hatfield 18.4 0.5 Wentworth 33.5 0.8 West Bromwich, East 34.8 0.9 West Bromwich, West 40.5 1.1 West Chelmsford 13.4 0.3 West Derbyshire 14.4 0.4 West Dorset 13.7 0.4 West Ham 135.6 2.5 West Lancashire 22.8 0.5 West Suffolk 12.4 0.4 West Worcestershire 16.8 0.5 Westbury 17.2 0.4 Westmorland and Lonsdale 5.4 0.2 Weston-super-Mare 30.7 0.8 Wigan 23.9 0.6 Wimbledon 31.1 1.1 Winchester 11.5 0.3 Windsor 10.4 0.4 Wirral, South 6.7 0.2 Wirral, West 15.0 0.4 Witney 14.6 0.4 Woking 13.5 0.4 Wokingham 13.5 0.3 Wolverhampton, North-East 53.1 1.3 Wolverhampton, South-East 42.3 1.4 Wolverhampton, South-West 16.7 0.5 Woodspring 12.3 0.3 Worcester 28.4 0.9 Workington 7.0 0.2 Worsley 31.9 0.7 Worthing, West 11.0 0.4 Wycombe 16.1 0.4 Wyre Forest 19.9 0.5 Wythenshawe and Sale, East 58.5 1.3 Yeovil 10.4 0.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

20 July 2000

Reference

354 c294-301W; 131190

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what recent discussions he has had with London education departments on truancy of school children within their boroughs.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

17 July 2000

For answer on

20 July 2000

Answered on

20 July 2000

Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what recent discussions he has had with London education departments on truancy of school children within their boroughs. [131470] Jacqui Smith: We are in regular contact with many local education authorities in London about truancy, and the disruption it has on continuity of learning and the wider social and community costs. We have in place a range of measures to tackle truancy and improve attendance in our schools. Our Social Inclusion: Pupil Support Grant--worth over £500 million in three years--is providing practical support to local education authorities and schools. For 2000-01, London local education authorities will receive just over £26.5 million out of the grant to support local projects. Projects include electronic equipment to monitor attendance, additional staff to chase-up truants and reward schemes for acknowledging regular attendance. We are also encouraging local education authorities to undertake regular "Truancy Sweeps" in conjunction with the police. During these sweeps, truants are picked up from the streets during school hours and are taken back either to their schools or a designated place. Several effective sweeps have been undertaken in London with our support. In addition, I recently announced the pilot areas to test the devolvement of Education Welfare Services to secondary schools. The aim is to see whether attendance officers employed directly by schools would make it easier to deal with truancy quickly. Of the 15 local education authorities selected, five are from London-- Barnet, Camden, Haringey, Havering and Westminster. I am pleased that the pilot will be fully tested in London, in a variety of boroughs. We will be in regular contact with these authorities as the pilot progresses.

Date

20 July 2000

Reference

354 c303-4W; 131470

House

House of Commons

Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill 1999/2000

Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill. Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

Lead member

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Answering member

Baroness Blatch

Department

Home Office

Type

Debates on bills

Date

3 July 2000

Reference

614 c1284-341

House

House of Lords

Rep and 3R:Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill 1999/2000

Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill. Report stage. New clauses considered. Third reading. Passed.

Department

Home Office

Type

Debates on bills

Date

12 June 2000

Reference

351 c653-763

House

House of Commons

Blackstone, Baroness

How many parents have been found guilty and fined in connection with the offence of non-attendance at school; and what is the average fine for parents and how many parents have received the maximum fine of £2,500. [HL 2404] [HL 2405] [HL 2406].

Asked by

Baroness Blatch (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 May 2000

Reference

HL 2404; 613 c37-8WA

House

House of Lords

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the impact the Government's social exclusion policies are having on school attendance in Dartford. - Inc figures and fact that separate figures for schools in Dartford can be obtained only at disproportionate costs.

Asked by

Howard Stoate (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 April 2000

Reference

348 c297-8W;348 c297W; 118822

House

House of Commons

Blackstone, Baroness

What is the total sum allocated for preventing and remedying the effects of the suspension and exclusion of pupils from schools; how this sum is divided between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and in which financial years; and whether the portion available to Northern Ireland is ring-fenced, in view...

Asked by

Lord Hylton (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 April 2000

Reference

HL 1922; 612 c61-2WA

House

House of Lords

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on standards of educational achievement of poor behaviour in schools. - (Holding answer 11 April 2000).

Asked by

Lord Coaker (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 April 2000

Reference

118677; 348 c184W;348 c183-4W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

Answered by

Charles Clarke (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

10 April 2000

Reference

348 c18

House

House of Commons

Home Office

Answered by

Charles Clarke (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

10 April 2000

Reference

348 c18

House

House of Commons

Home Office

Supplementary on assistance to combat truancy and jailing parents of truants.

Asked by

Owen Paterson (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

10 April 2000

Reference

348 c18

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, What help he proposes to give schools and local authorities in combating truancy. (Failed OPQ).

Asked by

Barry Gardiner (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

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Written questions

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Answered

Date

10 April 2000

Reference

348 c68W; 116814

House

House of Commons

Home Office

Answered by

Charles Clarke (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

10 April 2000

Reference

348 c18

House

House of Commons

Home Office

1st supplementary on how much of the pupil support grant will be spent in Coventry and the West Midlands.

Asked by

Jim Cunningham (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

10 April 2000

Reference

348 c18

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, What assistance he proposes for schools and local authorities to combat truancy.

Asked by

Jim Cunningham (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

10 April 2000

Reference

348 c18; 116795

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the implementation of the Social Exclusion Unit report on truancy and school exclusion.

Asked by

Jim Cunningham (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 February 2000

Reference

344 c34-5W; 108515

House

House of Commons

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