§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many authorised absences there were in(a)maintained primary schools and (b)maintained secondary schools, broken down by each local education authority, in each year since 1996–97. [45589]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe number of half days missed due to authorised absences in(a)maintained primary schools and (b)maintained secondary schools by each local education authority in England since 1996–97 are shown in the following table.
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Number of half days missed due to absence in maintained primary schools and maintained secondary schools 1997–2001 Thousand Maintained primary schools 1996–971 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Havering 325.6 316.4 307.8 297.2 322.2 Hillingdon 358.0 322.2 318.6 330.9 342.5 Hounslow 306.3 326.9 309.0 273.6 269.8 Kingston upon Thames 151.1 150.5 147.8 132.9 158.6 Merton 220.7 230.6 238.5 231.0 230.6 Newham 416.2 389.1 363.6 365.2 386.6 Redbridge 312.7 315.3 316.5 291.7 330.8 Richmond upon Thames 155.6 162.8 161.4 152.6 173.2 Sutton 211.0 209.5 199.3 195.2 202.0 Waltham Forest 334.1 337.9 329.3 303.6 332.4 Birmingham 2,046.8 1,825.7 1,716.9 1,566.8 1,615.7 Coventry 452.5 482.8 438.3 429.6 453.8 Dudley 437.8 454.4 449.6 411.3 433.4 Sandwell 529.8 519.9 508.4 487.0 522.9 Solihull 341.4 328.2 314.9 258.1 269.9 Walsall 426.8 460.7 400.4 398.6 437.4 Wolverhampton 464.9 409.2 401.6 383.2 389.0 Knowsley 304.8 292.1 281.5 259.1 266.0 Liverpool 764.3 730.2 707.9 677.5 691.9 St. Helens 318.6 257.2 284.7 262.3 271.0 Sefton 392.0 409.3 398.2 364.6 377.0 Wirral 411.0 446.9 444.4 423.5 442.6 Bolton 397.4 392.2 387.5 338.3 353.4 Bury 239.7 244.2 241.4 208.5 222.3 Manchester 799.8 788.9 790.3 672.7 667.5 Oldham 381.4 393.1 367.2 331.2 368.6 Rochdale 306.3 336.7 348.0 297.1 315.1 Salford 319.6 352.3 347.4 315.6 340.0 Stockport 326.5 365.9 348.7 316.0 337.8 Tameside 356.2 373.3 352.8 308.3 314.6 Trafford 274.1 310.0 274.4 248.3 243.0 Wigan 451.5 465.9 464.9 407.8 435.9 Barnsley 300.7 316.9 335.0 290.9 305.3 Doncaster 453.1 472.6 455.8 456.6 450.4 Rotherham 361.7 392.2 383.1 361.0 369.4 Sheffield 609.8 666.7 630.0 646.5 681.1 Bradford 510.0 498.5 479.6 537.0 671.5 Calderdale 266.6 282.5 258.3 238.2 266.1 Kirklees 478.5 493.5 478.1 440.2 471.2 Leeds 896.8 978.6 965.3 875.1 926.6 Wakefield 421.7 462.4 420.9 418.1 442.2 Gateshead 249.3 248.8 254.9 223.3 241.9 Newcastle upon Tyne 309.6 297.9 283.1 275.9 291.2 North Tyneside 208.8 207.8 195.3 189.5 211.3 South Tyneside 206.8 214.6 209.0 195.9 213.9 Sunderland 455.2 442.5 429.7 382.7 427.4 Isles of Scilly 2.2 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.8 Bath and North East Somerset 159.7 169.5 166.3 158.2 168.8 Bristol, City of 476.0 480.0 501.9 461.1 515.4 North Somerset 188.0 201.2 196.2 200.6 219.8 South Gloucestershire 285.8 301.1 308.6 288.6 336.9 Hartlepool 150.7 150.0 140.9 121.4 137.2 Middlesbrough 244.5 248.1 250.1 215.9 226.1 Redcar and Cleveland 232.3 241.5 222.8 188.2 210.7 Stockton on Tees 289.5 290.6 273.0 237.0 279.7 Kingston upon Hull, City of 417.9 487.3 378.2 371.1 358.0 East Riding of Yorkshire 339.2 361.8 333.2 343.6 366.2 North East Lincolnshire 231.9 255.2 226.8 214.2 229.4 North Lincolnshire 185.4 212.2 203.5 185.1 194.5 North Yorkshire 539.3 596.8 551.4 537.7 601.6 York, City of 166.4 182.5 175.3 152.3 171.4 Bedfordshire 300.1 342.6 304.5 296.2 328.7 Luton 306.6 298.3 289.9 266.6 317.2 Buckinghamshire 633.1 615.3 555.5 488.2 507.6 Milton Keynes 359.1 363.9 337.4 330.6 344.6 Derbyshire 798.8 864.8 840.9 830.9 860.4 Derby City 271.0 315.1 290.9 295.8 311.2 Dorset 339.1 382.1 340.0 320.7 343.5 Poole 222.3 176.1 163.2 156.6 167.6 Bournemouth 171.3 208.1 151.9 143.5 160.8
Number of half days missed due to authorised absence in maintained primary schools and maintained secondary schools 1997–2001 Thousand Maintained primary schools 1996–971 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Durham 704.6 759.0 707.4 659.3 687.5 Darlington 168.1 155.6 158.9 142.3 172.5 East Sussex 484.4 521.0 511.6 542.4 579.8 Brighton and Hove 257.8 270.0 261.4 256.5 302.3 Hampshire 1,370.2 1,373.7 1,303.9 1,237.1 1,356.9 Portsmouth 262.6 277.8 242.0 217.9 227.1 Southampton 278.5 292.2 296.4 259.3 306.7 Leicestershire 731.7 787.2 713.0 659.2 720.7 Leicester City 597.6 561.3 530.4 434.6 457.4 Rutland 29.7 35.6 28.0 27.9 27.8 Staffordshire 953.6 933.7 928.2 891.0 934.9 Stoke on Trent 366.6 368.1 352.8 317.3 315.0 Wiltshire 430.4 429.1 449.6 466.8 456.3 Swindon 229.7 267.5 239.6 241.8 238.1 Bracknell Forest n/a 130.4 124.9 102.9 125.1 Windsor and Maidenhead n/a 123.2 110.1 110.1 112.4 West Berkshire n/a 164.5 151.9 145.3 163.5 Reading n/a 159.7 160.2 155.9 151.1 Slough n/a 170.9 173.3 175.5 176.8 Wokingham n/a 160.7 152.9 138.1 156.8 Cambridgeshire n/a 551.9 575.9 551.9 648.6 Peterborough City n/a 250.5 236.7 205.0 239.0 Cheshire n/a 721.5 720.0 647.3 728.4 Halton n/a 184.2 177.1 166.1 179.5 Warrington n/a 248.1 242.8 225.1 237.5 Devon n/a 814.8 824.0 748.5 832.9 Plymouth n/a 320.8 317.3 278.8 302.1 Torbay n/a 155.0 153.0 141.3 155.2 Essex n/a 1,621.7 1,585.2 1,507.6 1,629.3 Southend-on-Sea n/a 196.4 203.9 201.7 227.0 Thurrock n/a 206.5 210.7 208.3 223.0 Herefordshire n/a 203.2 187.3 188.7 216.4 Worcestershire n/a 555.0 518.6 491.6 538.6 Kent n/a 1,657.3 1,555.1 1,525.9 1,654.6 Medway n/a 364.8 372.0 359.1 353.9 Lancashire n/a 1,467.0 1,445.5 1,387.1 1,382.4 Blackburn with Darwen n/a 262.5 248.2 232.1 236.3 Blackpool n/a 208.7 201.1 188.8 197.2 Nottinghamshire n/a 880.6 856.7 820.5 870.4 Nottingham City n/a 410.5 411.8 397.9 406.8 Shropshire n/a 303.3 297.7 291.4 336.5 Telford and Wrekin n/a 227.3 208.8 207.0 216.4 Cornwall 586.8 613.8 596.5 585.3 625.4 Cumbria 582.0 615.9 619.8 568.4 597.4 Gloucestershire 653.3 636.7 601.1 573.9 615.2 Hertfordshire 1,046.9 1,129.5 1,137.6 1,059.7 1,163.4 Isle of Wight 109.0 125.1 110.5 111.8 113.1 Lincolnshire 674.4 709.5 716.4 713.4 717.7 Norfolk 914.8 959.1 963.3 948.0 978.7 Northamptonshire 652.6 696.6 651.8 617.1 707.2 Northumberland 223.3 254.6 232.6 217.0 247.2 Oxfordshire 566.2 640.6 615.6 604.1 653.6 Somerset 541.6 533.6 526.0 507.0 571.9 Suffolk 573.0 586.4 545.5 552.9 620.8 Surrey 1,020.2 1,102.3 1,061.6 984.2 1,083.6 Warwickshire 601.0 638.4 577.9 564.8 578.8 West Sussex 854.3 945.1 868.9 836.7 922.8 England 61,521.2 63,422.8 60,926.5 57,702.8 61,738.9
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Maintained secondary schools 1996–971 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 London, City of — — — — — Camden 242.8 208.6 209.3 205.2 207.4 Greenwich 354.9 324.8 313.2 332.1 354.5 Hackney 176.2 172.1 174.8 157.8 180.5 Hammersmith and Fulham 139.3 114.9 143.8 123.4 155.9 Islington 186.9 184.2 182.1 181.9 195.1
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Maintained secondary schools 1996–971 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Kensington and Chelsea 65.9 64.4 61.6 59.7 59.0 Lambeth 177.8 176.0 177.6 174.0 179.7 Lewisham 255.1 258.7 251.0 252.3 263.7 Southwark 230.1 228.5 228.3 229.9 239.9 Tower Hamlets 281.4 264.1 281.6 254.0 266.0 Wandsworth 197.5 203.4 204.3 218.3 221.7 Westminster, City of 133.4 156.5 144.5 153.7 170.1 Barking and Dagenham 234.1 232.1 247.9 245.9 265.2 Barnet 379.7 377.2 410.5 359.6 400.6 Bexley 314.4 346.2 350.6 378.0 408.9 Brent 258.2 250.8 246.5 258.3 256.5 Bromley 357.6 364.0 394.6 388.9 433.7 Croydon 363.1 403.7 399.8 370.6 448.5 Ealing 279.2 275.1 302.1 302.1 313.6 Enfield 375.7 380.7 356.5 366.1 400.1 Haringey 210.4 235.8 231.1 218.7 222.5 Harrow 197.3 211.9 200.7 203.7 213.7 Havering 321.9 278.5 327.1 334.2 364.8 Hillingdon 304.6 301.5 299.4 308.2 356.8 Hounslow 308.3 327.4 296.0 303.6 307.3 Kingston upon Thames 154.9 159.2 156.6 146.0 162.1 Merton 186.3 170.0 185.2 194.5 203.1 Newham 371.6 346.8 317.9 314.7 316.2 Redbridge 340.6 306.3 329.6 314.6 309.2 Richmond upon Thames 210.8 181.5 193.4 187.4 194.4 Sutton 224.7 218.6 235.6 226.5 255.2 Waltham Forest 275.2 261.3 283.2 294.3 267.8 Birmingham 1,763.0 1,624.9 1,664.1 1,487.9 1,505.7 Coventry 478.2 470.8 467.9 489.6 503.6 Dudley 432.1 352.5 432.7 434.9 463.7 Sandwell 526.4 511.4 530.0 538.4 580.4 Solihull 279.4 301.1 319.7 297.0 324.3 Walsall 545.7 494.2 500.2 492.6 517.0 Wolverhampton 423.8 368.5 377.8 385.6 392.5 Knowsley 302.7 278.2 296.3 279.7 291.0 Liverpool 908.5 905.2 897.8 873.4 862.9 St. Helens 270.9 283.2 268.7 257.0 288.0 Sefton 459.8 445.2 453.8 431.5 442.6 Wirral 509.5 549.4 573.1 541.5 537.5 Bolton 395.7 414.8 408.6 398.6 410.8 Bury 254.0 231.5 273.8 252.5 269.7 Manchester 847.3 822.1 835.5 757.5 806.4 Oldham 436.5 406.7 409.3 384.4 386.6 Rochdale 341.8 337.7 356.7 326.0 376.9 Salford 399.5 392.0 392.4 364.6 394.5 Stockport 364.3 322.8 367.3 359.8 372.9 Tameside 333.1 357.3 369.4 352.8 364.7 Trafford 283.9 303.9 306.4 285.0 263.3 Wigan 525.6 512.0 529.5 500.7 512.3 Barnsley 348.1 320.1 351.8 350.8 374.1 Doncaster 530.7 556.0 525.8 517.1 516.3 Rotherham 435.8 445.2 465.0 436.2 447.6 Sheffield 734.7 729.4 730.4 759.3 743.1 Bradford 999.1 969.4 948.7 811.5 708.6 Calderdale 315.3 320.0 314.7 303.7 322.1 Kirklees 594.0 550.6 557.2 509.3 520.9 Leeds 1,009.1 1,006.7 1,031.2 1,011.4 1,042.7 Wakefield 451.7 482.9 467.0 456.3 509.3 Gateshead 318.8 290.2 299.8 282.9 276.2 Newcastle upon Tyne 500.2 503.7 491.4 462.3 466.3 North Tyneside 311.2 307.9 293.3 278.3 295.7 South Tyneside 267.0 277.9 293.7 278.4 299.4 Sunderland 528.0 512.5 490.1 484.3 506.6 Isles of Scilly 1.4 1.8 1.5 1.4 2.4 Bath and North East Somerset 200.0 212.5 241.1 231.6 244.0 Bristol, City of 470.9 469.7 531.0 475.5 498.8 North Somerset 226.0 219.7 230.1 235.3 258.9 South Gloucestershire 293.2 279.9 315.3 283.2 308.6 Hartlepool 148.9 120.3 138.9 142.2 151.7 Middlesbrough 304.7 258.2 278.0 261.2 274.0 Redcar and Cleveland 293.6 226.6 271.1 237.2 269.4 Stockton on Tees 312.6 311.0 298.6 276.9 300.3 Kingston upon Hull, City of 564.0 526.5 517.7 486.9 478.4 East Riding of Yorkshire 381.1 432.0 429.2 432.9 449.7
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Maintained secondary schools 1996–971 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 North East Lincolnshire 279.9 289.2 302.7 275.5 301.2 North Lincolnshire 231.0 226.6 248.2 253.4 239.6 North Yorkshire 665.4 641.0 693.0 700.5 790.7 York, City of 202.7 136.3 152.1 155.6 189.3 Bedfordshire 603.9 613.6 635.6 647.3 723.7 Luton 244.8 223.9 276.4 258.9 299.0 Buckinghamshire 456.2 431.5 534.5 541.5 540.1 Milton Keynes 279.0 271.8 279.3 276.4 304.8 Derbyshire 893.9 833.5 926.1 913.2 997.5 Derby City 318.4 311.8 341.7 327.4 330.6 Dorset 530.0 515.3 525.6 540.3 591.1 Poole 159.1 161.6 161.4 143.8 157.3 Bournemouth 194.1 190.9 195.2 191.2 220.1 Durham 855.5 803.2 777.5 745.9 760.0 Darlington 160.6 160.3 133.7 135.9 160.5 East Sussex 555.5 510.0 586.4 578.1 623.4 Brighton and Hove 278.2 234.2 244.2 212.3 282.5 Hampshire 1,375.0 1,262.3 1,374.2 1,339.9 1,475.6 Portsmouth 274.3 262.0 252.5 249.7 280.9 Southampton 312.3 276.3 295.7 304.3 315.1 Leicestershire 857.8 821.3 847.7 784.7 819.6 Leicester City 481.7 413.4 419.2 341.1 387.5 Rutland 42.4 45.3 39.3 40.2 44.6 Staffordshire 1,179.3 1,141.8 1,176.9 1,187.0 1,216.0 Stoke on Trent 409.1 370.3 396.1 366.5 346.8 Wiltshire 491.6 511.4 519.3 509.9 546.5 Swindon 284.4 282.3 291.5 279.9 302.3 Bracknell Forest n/a 81.7 126.0 115.4 123.7 Windsor and Maidenhead n/a 169.4 175.1 185.8 196.2 West Berkshire n/a 179.6 202.9 199.5 214.8 Reading n/a 112.4 127.0 128.8 132.0 Slough n/a 115.1 135.8 150.1 142.0 Wokingham n/a 167.7 178.5 173.5 191.7 Cambridgeshire n/a 624.6 635.1 623.6 687.0 Peterborough City n/a 274.4 275.0 274.7 284.5 Cheshire n/a 827.4 827.8 809.9 881.7 Halton n/a 208.4 225.2 208.9 227.5 Warrington n/a 262.1 277.1 286.0 307.6 Devon n/a 793.5 817.2 835.1 910.9 Plymouth n/a 337.8 360.5 372.9 397.7 Torbay n/a 198.7 192.5 177.9 179.1 Essex n/a 1,642.9 1,734.1 1,763.8 1,862.0 Southend-on-Sea n/a 216.2 229.3 227.3 229.5 Thurrock n/a 208.4 215.2 205.1 216.9 Herefordshire n/a 203.0 190.9 183.9 219.1 Worcestershire n/a 784.3 793.8 785.2 857.6 Kent n/a 1,718.2 1,810.9 1,768.4 1,854.5 Medway n/a 384.6 417.7 392.2 413.6 Lancashire n/a 1,514.9 1,717.6 1,666.7 1,710.1 Blackburn with Darwen n/a 248.9 261.3 228.4 232.0 Blackpool n/a 196.8 215.7 213.3 232.2 Nottinghamshire n/a 1,023.9 1,106.7 1,087.9 1,051.6 Nottingham City n/a 376.0 365.0 384.7 414.6 Shropshire n/a 317.5 330.0 333.7 375.8 Telford and Wrekin n/a 249.4 254.7 231.7 253.8 Cornwall 669.5 669.0 727.2 697.2 788.0 Cumbria 686.9 692.3 726.4 663.3 712.3 Gloucestershire 720.3 749.6 722.2 692.0 755.4 Hertfordshire 1,299 7 1,254.4 1,335.7 1,309.7 1,421.4 Isle of Wight 232.2 258.4 248.4 253.2 263.4 Lincolnshire 796.5 740.3 800.7 819.8 888.4 Norfolk 976.8 883.4 971.9 919.6 1,018.0 Northamptonshire 918.7 932.4 960.5 964.8 1,096.7 Northumberland 591.7 560.0 567.1 551.4 607.2 Oxfordshire 425.7 708.5 660.0 670.1 701.1 Somerset 601.0 601.4 632.5 653.7 691.6 Suffolk 916.9 878.6 927.7 958.3 1,085.3 Surrey 1,006.2 1,050.9 1,056.2 1,048.0 1,065.3 Warwickshire 629.6 650.3 644.5 631.1 670.9 West Sussex 829.2 781.8 841.1 834.8 938.5 England 67,469.6 65.791.2 68,326.9 66,536.6 70,476.2 1As a result of local government reorganisation in 1998, figures for the new areas are not available for 1996–97, although the totals are included in the England figures.