HC Deb 20 May 1974 vol 874 cc26-7W
Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what is the rate of truancy in primary schools in the city of Leicester during each of the last five years for which records are available;

(2) what is the rate of truancy in secondary schools in the city of Leicester during each of the last five years for which records are available;

(3)what is the rate of truancy in primary schools in the United Kingdom during each of the five years for which records are available;

(4)what is the rate of truancy in secondary schools in the United Kingdom during each of the last five years for which records are available.

Mr. Armstrong

This information is not available. A statistical return now being analysed will indicate rates of absence and unjustified absence in secondary and middle schools on a day in January this year.