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School Meals

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when she expects the School Meal Review Panel to consider the nutritional standards that apply to school breakfasts. [8230]

Jacqui Smith: The Department for Education and Skills will publish draft school lunch standards for public consultation this September, and the final version will become mandatory from September 2006. Once the draft school lunch standards have been published the panel will consider how the standards could be extended to apply to other food and drink provided on school premises.

Schools (Unauthorised Absence)

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils in each London borough missed at least half a day due to unauthorised absence in (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools, (c) special schools and (d) pupil referral units, expressed as a percentage of pupils of compulsory school age in each of the last five years. [8059]

Jacqui Smith: The information requested on the number of pupils with unauthorised absence in London boroughs for secondary, primary and special schools is
 
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shown in the following tables. Unauthorised absence includes all unexplained or unjustified absences, such as lateness, holidays during term time not authorised by the school, absence where reason is not yet established
 
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and truancy. The department does not currently collect absence data from pupil referral units, although we plan to do so in future, so this information cannot yet be provided.
Number of pupils absent for at least one half day due to unauthorised absence, 2000 to 2004—maintained schools in England (excluding CTCs)

	Primary
	2000		2001		2002
LEA	Number absent	As percentage of pupils of compulsory school age	Number absent	As percentage of pupils of compulsory school age	Number absent	As percentage of pupils of compulsory school age
London, City of	75	42.4	60	32.8	24	13.5
Camden	2,633	28.3	3,503	37.5	3,596	38.5
Greenwich	6,141	35.6	6,205	35.5	6,050	34.9
Hackney	5,187	34.7	5,422	36.7	5,121	34.5
Hammersmith and Fulham	2,588	31.0	1,867	24.1	2,057	25.6
Islington	4,206	32.4	4,265	32.2	4,443	33.9
Kensington and Chelsea	1,721	34.9	1,592	27.6	1,663	29.2
Lambeth	5,424	36.6	5,647	35.2	4,489	28.7
Lewisham	7,199	39.7	8,376	42.3	7,440	38.5
Southwark	7,713	42.2	7,912	41.7	8,816	43.9
Tower Hamlets	8,581	49.7	8,779	49.9	8,265	48.0
Wandsworth	3,035	21.1	2,841	19.9	2,680	19.0
Westminster, City of	2,623	35.2	2,481	29.4	2,505	28.7
Barking and Dagenham	5,758	38.2	5,602	36.9	6,124	40.6
Barnet	3,826	17.9	4,070	18.4	4,393	20.0
Bexley	2,286	13.4	1,861	10.2	2,098	11.4
Brent	3,971	21.2	3,198	17.4	3,262	17.4
Bromley	3,090	14.0	2,941	13.1	2,943	13.4
Croydon	4,156	16.2	4,829	18.1	4,704	17.8
Ealing	3,722	17.3	3,142	14.6	2,378	11.1
Enfield	6,444	29.5	6,559	28.8	7,149	30.6
Haringey	6,016	38.7	6,723	39.1	7,210	40.3
Harrow	3,145	17.8	2,782	16.1	2,274	13.5
Havering	1,414	7.9	1,573	8.7	1,727	9.8
Hillingdon	5,292	25.8	5,330	27.8	4,875	24.4
Hounslow	4,213	26.5	4,921	31.9	4,920	31.4
Kingston upon Thames	1,158	12.7	907	9.4	933	9.7
Merton	2,543	20.8	1,875	15.8	1,677	14.1
Newham	12,319	51.0	12,254	48.0	11,584	44.6
Redbridge	4,962	27.4	6,214	31.3	5,402	26.8
Richmond upon Thames	778	7.5	796	7.7	896	8.7
Sutton	1,636	12.7	1,839	14.6	1,794	14.1
Waltham Forest	4,192	23.0	4,286	22.9	3,289	18.1

	2003		2004
	Number absent	As percentage of pupils of compulsory school age	Number absent	As percentage of pupils of compulsory school age
London, City of	0	0.0	25	14.2
Camden	2,874	30.8	2,691	28.6
Greenwich	6,674	38.1	6,254	35.9
Hackney	4,943	33.5	5,023	33.9
Hammersmith and Fulham	1,510	19.7	1,752	22.6
Islington	4,716	36.5	3,864	30.5
Kensington and Chelsea	1,505	26.4	1,108	19.1
Lambeth	5,348	31.7	4,996	29.9
Lewisham	6,753	34.6	7,151	36.6
Southwark	9,472	46.2	8,753	41.5
Tower Hamlets	8,173	46.8	8,364	47.5
Wandsworth	2,831	19.6	2,794	20.1
Westminster, City of	2,346	26.3	1,889	21.4
Barking and Dagenham	6,265	41.2	5,568	36.6
Barnet	4,318	19.4	5,328	24.1
Bexley	1,967	11.0	2,016	11.3
Brent	3,036	16.2	3,246	17.2
Bromley	3,180	14.5	4,405	20.6
Croydon	5,456	21.2	5,727	22.1
Ealing	2,166	10.1	2,490	11.8
Enfield	7,446	32.0	6,514	27.7
Haringey	7,351	40.2	6,455	35.4
Harrow	1,675	9.7	1,514	8.7
Havering	1,745	10.0	1,732	10.0
Hillingdon	4,370	22.1	4,207	21.7
Hounslow	5,539	35.7	5,373	34.9
Kingston upon Thames	834	8.7	950	10.0
Merton	1,640	14.9	1,355	12.1
Newham	9,962	38.3	7,389	28.7
Redbridge	5,377	26.7	5,745	29.1
Richmond upon Thames	1,150	10.9	1,576	14.5
Sutton	1,594	12.7	1,609	13.0
Waltham Forest	3,500	19.6	3,759	21.3

 
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Number of pupils ABS—maintained schools

	Secondary
	2000		2001		2002
LEA	Number absent	As percentage of compulsory school age	Number absent	As percentage of compulsory school age	Number absent	As percentage of compulsory school age
London, City of	0	n/a	0	n/a	0	n/a
Camden	1,774	20.5	2,093	24.2	1,985	22.8
Greenwich	2,818	22.3	3,345	26.0	3,715	28.6
Hackney	1,945	28.2	2,595	33.5	2,876	35.0
Hammersmith and Fulham	1,268	24.5	1,302	21.0	1,375	22.1
Islington	2,371	33.5	2,739	36.1	2,360	29.9
Kensington and Chelsea	1,080	34.6	1,077	34.4	925	30.0
Lambeth	1,418	19.9	1,674	23.4	1,746	24.3
Lewisham	4,224	38.8	4,595	40.8	4,474	43.4
Southwark	2,581	25.5	2,566	24.4	3,311	30.8
Tower Hamlets	5,567	42.2	5,592	41.5	5,831	42.9
Wandsworth	1,910	21.3	2,155	24.1	2,218	24.9
Westminster, City of	3,066	43.5	1,799	25.2	2,331	32.6
Barking and Dagenham	2,804	28.7	3,181	31.7	3,614	34.5
Barnet	2,601	15.2	3,148	17.6	3,939	22.1
Bexley	2,546	17.0	3,224	20.6	3,361	21.0
Brent	1,875	15.4	1,930	15.6	1,874	15.0
Bromley	2,030	11.8	3,519	19.9	3,188	17.6
Croydon	2,323	14.7	2,314	13.5	2,688	15.2
Ealing	2,062	15.4	2,804	20.7	2,545	18.5
Enfield	5,509	31.5	6,238	35.2	5,864	32.9
Haringey	2,697	26.3	2,786	30.0	4,150	37.5
Harrow	862	9.7	1,111	12.2	1,097	11.9
Havering	1,753	11.9	2,112	14.0	2,101	13.7
Hillingdon	3,434	24.8	3,125	22.1	3,541	23.8
Hounslow	1,866	13.6	1,681	12.1	2,494	18.2
Kingston upon Thames	1,280	17.9	997	13.6	1,143	15.3
Merton	2,168	28.5	2,156	28.9	2,106	29.2
Newham	7,622	43.7	7,831	44.5	7,363	41.5
Redbridge	1,654	10.8	2,072	13.7	2,800	18.2
Richmond upon Thames	1,478	19.2	2,332	30.1	2,700	35.7
Sutton	1,026	8.8	1,512	12.4	2,106	17.0
Waltham Forest	3,476	27.5	3,715	28.9	3,749	28.5

	2003		2004
	Number absent	As percentage of compulsory school age	Number absent	As percentage of compulsory school age
London, City of	0	n/a	0	n/a
Camden	1,755	23.2	1,628	21.6
Greenwich	4,426	33.5	4,913	36.9
Hackney	2,112	26.2	2,727	37.6
Hammersmith and Fulham	1,492	23.7	1,580	25.6
Islington	2,811	35.2	2,876	36.1
Kensington and Chelsea	890	28.8	568	18.3
Lambeth	1,685	23.2	870	11.5
Lewisham	4,137	36.6	5,340	47.2
Southwark	3,897	35.6	2,831	25.2
Tower Hamlets	6,501	48.2	6,186	45.6
Wandsworth	2,322	25.7	1,705	21.6
Westminster, City of	2,992	41.4	3,302	44.7
Barking and Dagenham	3,851	35.4	4,019	35.5
Barnet	3,324	18.5	4,090	23.4
Bexley	2,944	18.8	3,556	21.1
Brent	2,705	19.8	2,240	16.1
Bromley	4,302	23.8	3,428	18.7
Croydon	4,733	26.2	3,931	21.9
Ealing	2,279	16.3	2,990	21.3
Enfield	6,443	35.2	8,062	42.7
Haringey	4,666	41.7	4,325	38.2
Harrow	1,125	12.1	1,100	11.8
Havering	1,993	12.8	2,237	14.2
Hillingdon	4,729	31.4	4,992	31.9
Hounslow	2,317	16.5	3,074	22.0
Kingston upon Thames	845	11.1	724	10.8
Merton	2,295	27.8	2,073	25.2
Newham	6,969	38.3	6,367	35.0
Redbridge	2,630	16.6	4,203	26.3
Richmond upon Thames	2,419	31.8	2,737	35.9
Sutton	1,938	15.1	2,518	19.2
Waltham Forest	3,316	24.9	5,012	36.6

n/a=not applicable





 
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Number of pupils ABS—maintained schools

	Specials
	2000		2001		2002
	Number absent	As percentage of compulsory school age	Number absent	As percentage of compulsory school age	Number absent	As percentage of compulsory school age
London, City of	0	n/a	0	n/a	0	n/a
Camden	115	44.4	81	29.3	99	37.1
Greenwich	231	42.1	243	46.3	205	44.5
Hackney	181	56.9	223	60.1	175	46.5
Hammersmith and Fulham	84	28.5	79	26.3	68	22.8
Islington	89	37.9	116	51.6	24	11.3
Kensington and Chelsea	(11)—;	(11)—;	0	0.0	(11)—;	(11)—;
Lambeth	207	34.6	215	43.4	259	45.2
Lewisham	242	47.2	275	54.5	250	48.6
Southwark	131	32.0	214	50.6	218	48.4
Tower Hamlets	113	26.0	104	26.0	113	30.2
Wandsworth	233	40.0	254	44.3	225	40.1
Westminster, City of	66	48.2	33	25.4	31	24.2
Barking and Dagenham	0	0.0	3	1.8	6	3.4
Barnet	77	28.3	77	28.7	64	23.1
Bexley	64	16.0	82	21.0	61	15.4
Brent	80	21.6	70	18.0	62	16.6
Bromley	77	19.7	158	39.6	63	16.2
Croydon	197	39.1	199	39.7	148	28.8
Ealing	96	21.1	74	16.2	94	21.2
Enfield	124	27.1	144	32.7	154	35.6
Haringey	136	40.0	89	28.1	87	30.6
Harrow	71	38.8	44	23.2	74	38.9
Havering	9	3.4	19	9.0	44	20.9
Hillingdon	106	33.1	152	35.4	121	27.4
Hounslow	109	28.8	85	23.2	89	23.7
Kingston upon Thames	48	20.2	70	28.0	67	25.9
Merton	95	39.6	92	38.7	97	39.8
Newham	63	50.8	27	23.7	17	15.0
Redbridge	160	37.0	158	37.9	189	46.6
Richmond upon Thames	26	15.5	20	13.3	25	17.6
Sutton	137	50.9	111	46.1	105	42.0
Waltham Forest	168	28.5	119	20.6	110	19.0

 
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	2003		2004
	Number absent	As percentage of compulsory school age	Number absent	As percentage of compulsory school age
London, City of	0	n/a	0	n/a
Camden	62	23.8	57	20.3
Greenwich	224	52.0	222	52.9
Hackney	222	62.9	188	53.0
Hammersmith and Fulham	69	26.0	70	26.0
Islington	10	4.6	6	2.7
Kensington and Chelsea	(11)—	(11)—	(11)—	(11)—
Lambeth	150	38.6	215	39.7
Lewisham	212	39.0	234	45.6
Southwark	209	47.1	243	55.5
Tower Hamlets	106	31.7	101	32.3
Wandsworth	255	44.9	239	43.7
Westminster, City of	(11)—	(11)—	0	0.0
Barking and Dagenham	8	4.8	(11)—	(11)—
Barnet	46	15.6	90	29.6
Bexley	87	22.0	118	28.6
Brent	46	12.5	33	9.4
Bromley	75	18.0	84	19.6
Croydon	216	39.6	138	25.6
Ealing	81	19.2	73	16.7
Enfield	114	25.4	131	29.2
Haringey	81	27.4	93	32.1
Harrow	94	44.5	73	33.8
Havering	46	20.5	55	24.3
Hillingdon	130	29.7	113	25.5
Hounslow	90	24.2	93	25.1
Kingston upon Thames	37	15.0	23	10.3
Merton	92	37.2	71	30.2
Newham	57	42.9	74	55.2
Redbridge	169	41.5	167	42.6
Richmond upon Thames	21	14.8	23	17.2
Sutton	168	59.8	125	46.1
Waltham Forest	112	20.4	71	12.4

n/a=not applicable
⁽¹¹⁾not available due to low number

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