§ Chris RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many 14 to 16 year olds in England did not receive full-time education in each of the last five years. [160362]
§ Mr. MilibandThe requested information is not held centrally.
The Department is, however, supporting local authorities (LAs) to develop robust systems to identify and track children missing education or at risk of doing so. All LAs have a named contact for issues relating to children missing from education and the Department is encouraging networking between different authorities.
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Looked after children who had their teeth checked by a dentist and whose immunisations were up to date: 2000, 2001 and 2002, England Children who had their teeth checked by a dentist 2000 2001 2002 Local authority Number percentage Number percentage Number Percentage England1 26,800 63 29,200 67 31,800 72 Barking and Dagenham 65 41 70 33 220 85 Barnet 45 27 80 41 180 74 Barnsley 205 81 200 82 170 83 Bath and North East Somerset 95 88 100 92 100 84 Bedfordshire 235 88 235 85 275 88 Bexley 90 67 120 90 150 94 Birmingham 105 8 265 20 1,100 74 Blackburn with Darwen 2— 2— 90 44 170 76 Black pool 2— 2— 165 71 160 82 Bolton 165 77 160 79 160 82 Bournemouth 75 56 135 88 115 76 Bracknell Forest 25 52 30 72 35 77 Bradford 400 75 435 83 460 80 Brent 95 68 180 83 195 75 Brighton and Hove 225 81 240 90 230 84 Bristol 245 56 310 77 285 78 Bromley 125 64 130 54 150 66 Buckinghamshire 2— 2— 145 69 155 81 Bury 35 25 70 44 135 67 Calderdale 95 62 85 61 60 45 Cambridgeshire 265 87 240 89 215 85 Camden 165 73 160 68 145 62 cheshire 330 92 310 92 330 92 City of London — 100 — — — — Cornwall 265 65 205 50 295 75 Coventry 185 48 260 64 255 69 Croydon 245 94 265 79 390 88 Cumbria 135 54 245 58 300 69 Darlington 15 19 55 63 50 54 Derby 280 83 275 85 245 82 Derbyshire 375 85 395 87 365 86 Doncaster 170 58 205 65 225 69 Dorset 2— 2— 150 88 155 88 Dudley 215 77 210 73 200 68 Durham 320 83 220 65 240 72 Ealing 135 41 50 17 220 72 East Riding of Yorkshire 80 49 65 43 105 69 East Sussex 325 95 285 87 310 88 Enfield 145 77 165 86 130 63 Essex 565 66 585 66 665 77 Gateshead 145 80 170 86 135 72 It is also sharing good practice on working with children missing from education by circulating new guidance to LAs and holding a series of regional seminars in Spring 2004.