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To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the school absence rate was in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) York, (ii) Yorkshire and Humber and (iii) England in (A) 1997 and (B) the most recent date for which figures are available. - Including table.

Asked by

Hugh Bayley (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

12 October 2004

For answer on

15 November 2004

Answered on

15 November 2004

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the school absence rate was in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) York, (ii) Yorkshire and Humber and (iii) England (A) in 1997 and (B) at the most recent date for which figures are available. [191164] Mr. Stephen Twigg: The information requested is as follows: Percentage of half days missed due to total absence in primary schools _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Academic year (September to May) 1998 2004 York 5.28 4.78 Yorkshire and Humber 6.30 5.38 England 6.21 5.49 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage of half days missed due to total absence in secondary schools _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Academic year (September to May) 1998 2004 York 7.37 7.98 Yorkshire and Humber 9.80 8.39 England 9.01 8.07 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: The PQ shows information for 1998 and 2004 as the 1997 figures are unavailable.

Date

15 November 2004

Reference

426 c976-7W;426 c980-1W; 191164

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schoolchildren played truant in schools in East Sussex in each of the past five years; and how many days in total were lost through truancy in the county in each of those years. - Tables given. (Holding answer...

Asked by

Charles Hendry (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 October 2004

For answer on

2 November 2004

Answered on

2 November 2004

Charles Hendry: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schoolchildren played truant in schools in East Sussex in each of the past five years; and how many days in total were lost through truancy in the county in each of those years. [193703] Mr. Stephen Twigg: [holding answer 25 October 2004]: The available published information is as follows: Number of pupils that missed at least a half day session1 due to unauthorised absence in schools in East Sussex LEA _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Academic Year (September-May) Primary Schools Secondary Schools 2000 5,491 5,310 2001 5,832 6,310 2002 5,246 7,754 2003 6,089 8,275 2004 7,942 9,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of pupils that missed at least a half day session1 due to authorised absence in schools in East Sussex LEA _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Academic Year (September-May) Primary Schools Secondary Schools 2000 31,510 23,202 2001 32,054 25,111 2002 31,761 24,976 2003 31,142 24,990 2004 30,131 23,952 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of sessions1 missed due to unauthorised absence in maintained schools in East Sussex _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Academic Year (September-May) Primary Schools Secondary Schools 2000 44,513 87,624 2001 47,354 91,736 2002 37,154 111,064 2003 40,528 107,476 2004 53,048 112,206 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of sessions1 missed due to authorised absence in maintained schools in East Sussex _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Academic Year (September-May) Primary Schools Secondary Schools 2000 542,361 578,089 2001 579,820 623,361 2002 578,403 631,515 2003 529,910 564,304 2004 465,785 510,926 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of pupils of compulsory school age in East Sussex _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Academic Year (September-May) Primary Schools Secondary Schools 2000 34,512 25,272 2001 34,776 26,154 2002 34,068 26,689 2003 33,600 27,312 2004 33,069 25,543 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 A session equates to half a day.

Date

2 November 2004

Reference

426 c167-8W; 193703

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

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,

Asked by

David Ruffley (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 July 2004

For answer on

15 September 2004

Answered on

15 September 2004

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 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

15 September 2004

Reference

424 c1610-2W;424 c1608-10W; 187179

House

House of Commons

Office of the Secretary of State for Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he next plans to meet Welsh Assembly secretaries to discuss strategies to deal with crime linked to school truancy in Wales.

Asked by

Bill Wiggin (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Secretary of State for Wales

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 September 2004

Reference

424 c1443W;424 c1441W; 186755

House

House of Commons

Dept for Constitutional Affairs

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what issues will be covered by the recorded message relating to education on the new Community Legal Service Directory line. - Inc ref to CLS Direct Leaflet "Education: Parents' and Children's Rights at School."

Asked by

Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 July 2004

Reference

424 c529-30W;424 c530W; 185260

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

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. - Inc table. (Holding answer 25 May 2004).

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

20 May 2004

For answer on

14 July 2004

Answered on

14 July 2004

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 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

14 July 2004

Reference

175833; 423 c1225-32W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children played truant during the last 12 months at schools in the London Borough of Wandsworth. - Inc table.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 July 2004

Reference

179040; 423 c1231W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress he has made in meeting his target to reduce truancy.

Asked by

Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

1 July 2004

Reference

423 c423; 181595

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

Answered by

Ivan Lewis (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

1 July 2004

Reference

423 c424

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

Answered by

Ivan Lewis (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

1 July 2004

Reference

423 c423

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

Answered by

Ivan Lewis (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

1 July 2004

Reference

423 c424

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

Answered by

Ivan Lewis (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

1 July 2004

Reference

423 c423

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

1st supplementary on same.

Asked by

Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

1 July 2004

Reference

423 c423

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

Supplementary on truancy.

Asked by

Vera Baird (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

1 July 2004

Reference

423 c424

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

Supplementary on truancy and working with Tomlinson on the 14 to 19 curriculum.

Asked by

Tim Collins (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

1 July 2004

Reference

423 c424

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money has been spent by (a) central government and (b) local education authorities in England and Wales on advertising to deter truancy in each of the past four years for which figures are available. - Inc figures and...

Asked by

Greg Knight (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 June 2004

Reference

179903; 423 c257W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the truancy figures were for each year since 1997, broken down by (a) gender and (b) ethnicity; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 June 2004

Reference

180522; 423 c257W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what further steps he proposes to tackle truancy.

Asked by

Greg Knight (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 June 2004

Reference

179904; 422 c1538W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to decrease the gap in attainment between children from higher and lower socio-economic groups. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

7 June 2004

For answer on

17 June 2004

Answered on

17 June 2004

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps his Department is taking to decrease the gap in attainment between children from higher and lower socio-economic groups. [177941] Mr. Miliband: All our education policies are based on the conviction that every child should be able to achieve at the highest level of their potential, irrespective of background. Our national key stage strategies have an essential role to play in narrowing the attainment gap by raising expectations of all our children. But we also have targeted programmes aimed at narrowing the gap. We are investing heavily in our Sure Start programmes, with additional funding of £669 million by 2007-08 compared with 2004-05, because we know that the early years of a child's life are crucial in determining the outcomes for children when they grow up. The Excellence in Cities programme which now includes Leadership Incentive Grant (LIG) and Behaviour Improvement Plans (BIP) is making a real difference--as are measures to tackle underperformance which provide support and challenge to schools and authorities falling below floor targets. In terms of five good GCSEs, schools in EiC whole authority areas improved at more than twice the average of non-EiC schools. And after the first year of the BIP (2002-03), unauthorised absence across secondary schools in the programme in the initial 34 LEAs dropped from 3.03 per cent. to 2.94 per cent. In primary schools the corresponding figures were a drop in unauthorised absence from 1.29 per cent. to 1.17 per cent. Fixed term exclusions dropped by 11 per cent. in secondary schools. The number of schools below the Government's floor targets for attainment at Key Stage 4 has dropped sharply: in 2000, the number of schools below 20 per cent. was 241--that figure had dropped to 114 in 2003.

Date

17 June 2004

Reference

177941; 422 c1049-50W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what targets his Department has set in relation to reducing truancy in each year up to 2006; and what levels of funding will be made available in each year. - Inc figures. (Holding answer 14 June 2004).

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

7 June 2004

For answer on

17 June 2004

Answered on

17 June 2004

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what targets his Department has set in relation to reducing truancy in each year up to 2006; and what levels of funding will be made available in each year. [177886] Mr. Ivan Lewis :[holding answer 14 June 2004]: Promoting regular school attendance and reducing levels of absence are key components of the Government's strategy to raise educational standards. The current national Public Service Agreement (PSA) target is to reduce the 2002 level of unauthorised absence by 10 per cent. in this school year; and to sustain the new lower level and improve overall attendance levels thereafter. To help achieve the current PSA target, the Department set the 56 LEAs facing some of the greatest challenges individual stretching targets to reduce unauthorised absence in 2003/04. These LEAs received extra resources to assist in improving support to schools and pupils with poor attendance and in devising better strategic approaches to attendance management. In all, the National Behaviour and Attendance Strategy is investing around £120 million in 2004-05 and £155 million in 2005-06 on measures to reduce exclusions or provide education for excluded pupils, to support vulnerable and disaffected pupils back into the classroom, to improve behaviour and to tackle truancy and improve school attendance. As many of the measures schools and LEAs implement will improve both pupils' behaviour and their attendance--and action in respect of one will often have an impact on the other--it is not possible to identify separately the level of expenditure allocated to tackling truancy alone.

Date

17 June 2004

Reference

177886; 422 c1065W

House

House of Commons

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