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23 Oct 2006 : Column 1589W
23 Oct 2006 : Column 1590W
| Percentage of half days missed in maintained mainstream secondary schools( 1) due to unauthorised absence( 2) |
| Local authority | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06( 3) |
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
1.7
|
2.0
|
2.04
|
1.91
|
1.93
|
2.00
|
1.57
|
|
Barnet
|
0.8
|
0.9
|
1.1
|
1.3
|
0.95
|
0.97
|
1.07
|
1.01
|
0.90
|
|
Barnsley
|
1.9
|
2.0
|
1.9
|
1.3
|
1.56
|
1.38
|
1.35
|
1.50
|
1.99
|
|
Bath and North East Somerset
|
0.4
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
1.08
|
0.83
|
0.83
|
0.95
|
0.98
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
0.4
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
0.4
|
0.41
|
0.42
|
0.42
|
0.68
|
0.50
|
|
Bexley
|
0.5
|
0.6
|
1.1
|
1.1
|
1.19
|
0.75
|
1.11
|
0.71
|
1.12
|
|
Birmingham
|
1.7
|
1.6
|
1.6
|
1.6
|
1.62
|
1.50
|
1.59
|
1.42
|
1.39
|
|
Blackburn with Darwen
|
1.3
|
1.4
|
1.4
|
1.2
|
1.34
|
1.26
|
1.13
|
1.03
|
1.30
|
|
Blackpool
|
1.6
|
1.6
|
1.9
|
1.3
|
1.33
|
1.37
|
1.88
|
1.70
|
1.91
|
|
Bolton
|
1.8
|
1.7
|
1.2
|
1.2
|
1.19
|
1.14
|
1.37
|
1.85
|
1.59
|
|
Bournemouth
|
1.0
|
0.9
|
0.8
|
0.7
|
0.55
|
0.59
|
0.66
|
1.30
|
0.59
|
|
Bracknell Forest
|
0.5
|
1.1
|
0.9
|
1.2
|
0.90
|
0.87
|
0.70
|
0.82
|
1.15
|
|
Bradford
|
2.0
|
2.2
|
2.0
|
2.6
|
2.42
|
2.63
|
2.83
|
2.93
|
2.63
|
|
Brent
|
0.7
|
0.9
|
1.0
|
0.9
|
0.73
|
0.86
|
0.56
|
1.05
|
0.67
|
|
Brighton and Hove
|
1.1
|
0.9
|
1.1
|
1.4
|
1.18
|
1.47
|
1.50
|
1.21
|
1.32
|
|
Bristol, City of
|
1.6
|
1.9
|
2.2
|
2.3
|
2.34
|
2.05
|
2.23
|
2.52
|
2.41
|
|
Bromley
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
1.1
|
1.10
|
1.09
|
1.00
|
1.13
|
1.16
|
|
Buckinghamshire
|
0.4
|
0.4
|
0.5
|
0.6
|
0.54
|
0.65
|
0.70
|
0.74
|
0.87
|
|
Bury
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
0.5
|
0.6
|
0.67
|
0.70
|
0.49
|
0.50
|
0.68
|
|
Calderdale
|
0.7
|
0.7
|
0.7
|
0.8
|
0.75
|
0.77
|
0.61
|
0.72
|
1.05
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
0.7
|
0.8
|
0.8
|
0.8
|
0.77
|
0.81
|
0.80
|
1.04
|
1.02
|
|
Camden
|
1.8
|
1.6
|
1.5
|
1.6
|
1.41
|
1.58
|
1.17
|
1.38
|
2.25
|
|
Cheshire
|
0.7
|
0.6
|
0.7
|
0.9
|
0.85
|
0.87
|
0.88
|
1.19
|
1.04
|
|
Cornwall
|
0.4
|
0.5
|
0.4
|
0.4
|
0.40
|
0.50
|
0.79
|
0.69
|
0.83
|
|
Coventry
|
1.3
|
1.4
|
1.3
|
1.1
|
0.95
|
1.00
|
0.81
|
0.96
|
0.94
|
|
Croydon
|
0.6
|
0.7
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
0.68
|
1.10
|
1.18
|
1.39
|
1.40
|
|
Cumbria
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
0.7
|
0.75
|
0.82
|
0.94
|
0.97
|
0.94
|
|
Darlington
|
1.6
|
1.3
|
1.6
|
1.0
|
1.13
|
1.07
|
1.05
|
1.84
|
2.23
|
|
Derby City
|
0.8
|
0.8
|
0.8
|
1.1
|
1.46
|
125
|
1.71
|
1.79
|
1.66
|
|
Derbyshire
|
1.1
|
1,0
|
0.9
|
1.0
|
0.96
|
0.96
|
0.98
|
1.07
|
1.03
|
|
Devon
|
0.7
|
0.9
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
1.05
|
1.03
|
1.36
|
1.30
|
1.30
|
|
Doncaster
|
2.1
|
2.2
|
2.3
|
1.8
|
1.54
|
1.58
|
1.59
|
1.77
|
1.74
|
|
Dorset
|
0.4
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
0.7
|
0.57
|
0.48
|
0.46
|
0.54
|
0.61
|
|
Dudley
|
0.6
|
0.7
|
.0.7
|
0.6
|
0.69
|
0.86
|
1.00
|
1.25
|
1.51
|
|
Durham
|
1.5
|
1.3
|
1.1
|
0.8
|
0.73
|
0.69
|
0.68
|
0.8',
|
0.77
|
|
Ealing
|
1.4
|
1.2
|
1.2
|
1.0
|
1.02
|
0.87
|
0.70
|
0.74
|
0.75
|
|
East Riding of Yorkshire
|
0.9
|
0.9
|
0.9
|
0.8
|
0.89
|
0.69
|
0.67
|
0.56
|
0.54
|
|
East Sussex
|
1.3
|
1.1
|
1.2
|
1.2
|
1.41
|
1.35
|
1.41
|
1.34
|
1.35
|
|
Enfield
|
1.0
|
1.4
|
1.7
|
1.8
|
1.92
|
1.85
|
1.49
|
1.85
|
1.63
|
|
Essex
|
0.8
|
0.9
|
0.9
|
0.8
|
0.90
|
0.84
|
1.00
|
1.09
|
1.09
|
|
Gateshead
|
1.6
|
1.3
|
1.3
|
1.3
|
0.96
|
0.97
|
0.90
|
0.91
|
0.99
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
0.3
|
0.4
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
0.49
|
0.51
|
0.56
|
0.83
|
0.90
|
|
Greenwich
|
2.4
|
2.2
|
1.9
|
2.3
|
2.49
|
2.37
|
2.82
|
2.69
|
2.85
|
|
Hackney
|
2.2
|
2.6
|
2.2
|
3.1
|
2.57
|
2.07
|
1.86
|
1.88
|
1.24
|
|
Halton
|
1.2
|
1.5
|
1.6
|
2.0
|
2.48
|
2.24
|
2.71
|
2.74
|
1.87
|
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
2.8
|
2.6
|
2.2
|
2.0
|
1.76
|
1.69
|
1.72
|
1.66
|
1.12
|
|
Hampshire
|
0.8
|
0.8
|
0.8
|
1.0
|
1.13
|
1.07
|
1.06
|
1.23
|
1.20
|
|
Haringey
|
1.9
|
2.1
|
2.3
|
1.9
|
2.43
|
2.32
|
1.84
|
1.86
|
1.88
|
|
Harrow
|
0.8
|
0.7
|
0.7
|
0.6
|
0.69
|
0.52
|
0.48
|
0.51
|
0.45
|
|
Hartlepool
|
2.6
|
2.0
|
1.6
|
1.9
|
1.63
|
1.69
|
1.13
|
0.98
|
0.87
|
|
Havering
|
0.7
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
0.7
|
0.60
|
0.56
|
0.61
|
0.64
|
0.83
|
|
Herefordshire
|
0.6
|
0.8
|
0.7
|
0.6
|
0.81
|
0.80
|
0.99
|
1.05
|
1.38
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
0.6
|
0.7
|
0.6
|
0.7
|
0.91
|
0.75
|
0.75
|
0.77
|
0.77
|
|
Hillingdon
|
1.4
|
1.4
|
1.4
|
1.1
|
1.49
|
1.63
|
1.43
|
1.58
|
1.75
|
|
Hounslow
|
1.0
|
1.2
|
0.9
|
1.0
|
1.05
|
1.02
|
1.15
|
1.09
|
1.31
|
|
Isle of Wight
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
0.7
|
0.7
|
0.67
|
0.85
|
0.78
|
1.34
|
1.20
|
|
Isles of Scilly
|
0.4
|
1.0
|
0.1
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Islington
|
2.7
|
2.6
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
1.65
|
1.51
|
1.41
|
1.72
|
1.69
|
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
2.4
|
2.4
|
1.8
|
2.4
|
1.91
|
1.66
|
1.01
|
0.59
|
0.66
|
|
Kent
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
0.74
|
0.67
|
0.82
|
1.14
|
1.30
|
|
Kingston upon Hull, City of
|
3.7
|
3.3
|
2.9
|
2.5
|
2.67
|
2.44
|
2.43
|
2.78
|
2.76
|
|
Kingston upon Thames
|
0.8
|
0.9
|
0.9
|
0.6
|
0.57
|
0.51
|
0.33
|
0.61
|
0.58
|
23 Oct 2006 : Column 1591W
23 Oct 2006 : Column 1592W
|
Kirklees
|
1.3
|
1.3
|
1.2
|
1.2
|
1.13
|
1.19
|
1.09
|
1.06
|
1.01
|
|
Knowsley
|
3.1
|
2.8
|
3.1
|
3.1
|
3.06
|
2.84
|
2.10
|
2.19
|
2.19
|
|
Lambeth
|
1.5
|
0.9
|
1.0
|
1.2
|
0.99
|
0.60
|
0.50
|
0.58
|
0.57
|
|
Lancashire
|
0.8
|
0.9
|
0.8
|
0.8
|
0.82
|
0.82
|
0.88
|
0.93
|
0.95
|
|
Leeds
|
1.9
|
1.9
|
2.0
|
1.8
|
1.85
|
1.92
|
2.00
|
1.89
|
1.88
|
|
Leicester City
|
1.9
|
2.0
|
1.9
|
2.2
|
2.31
|
2.59
|
3.04
|
2.86
|
2.25
|
|
Leicestershire
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
1.2
|
1.3
|
1.28
|
1.19
|
1.18
|
1.36
|
1.33
|
|
Lewisham
|
2.6
|
2.5
|
2.9
|
3.5
|
2.68
|
2.38
|
2.49
|
1.91
|
1.84
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
0.9
|
1.0
|
0.8
|
0.7
|
0.73
|
0.78
|
0.83
|
0.85
|
0.69
|
|
Liverpool
|
2.1
|
1.6
|
1.6
|
1.9
|
1.77
|
1.68
|
1.91
|
2.00
|
1.72
|
|
London, City of
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Luton
|
0.9
|
0.7
|
0.9
|
0.7
|
0.63
|
0.79
|
0.74
|
0.85
|
0.91
|
|
Manchester
|
2.6
|
2.1
|
1.9
|
1.7
|
1.70
|
1.68
|
2.18
|
2.80
|
2.89
|
|
Medway
|
0.9
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
0.7
|
0.58
|
0.77
|
0.60
|
1.26
|
1.26
|
|
Merton
|
2.5
|
2.2
|
1.7
|
1.5
|
1.20
|
1.34
|
1.34
|
1.62
|
1.01
|
|
Middlesbrough
|
1.7
|
1.3
|
1.6
|
1.0
|
1.02
|
1.11
|
1.08
|
1.56
|
1.30
|
|
Milton Keynes
|
0.7
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
0.51
|
0.71
|
0.76
|
1.38
|
1.09
|
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
1.1
|
1.0
|
1.3
|
1.2
|
1.69
|
1.27
|
0.96
|
1.03
|
1.15
|
|
Newham
|
3.2
|
3.2
|
2.7
|
2.3
|
2.12
|
1.60
|
1.23
|
1.09
|
0.86
|
|
Norfolk
|
0.9
|
0.9
|
0.9
|
1.0
|
1.07
|
1.02
|
1.02
|
1.08
|
1.24
|
|
North East Lincolnshire
|
2.3
|
1.9
|
1.8
|
1.5
|
1.53
|
1.72
|
1.80
|
1.69
|
1.41
|
|
North Lincolnshire
|
1.2
|
1.0
|
1.1
|
0.9
|
1.34
|
0.91
|
0.89
|
0.89
|
0.92
|
|
North Somerset
|
1.1
|
0.9
|
0.7
|
0.8
|
1.05
|
1.13
|
1.03
|
0.79
|
1.05
|
|
North Tyneside
|
0.8
|
0.7
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
0.67
|
0.86
|
1.26
|
1.07
|
1.03
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
0.4
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
0.53
|
0.57
|
0.57
|
0.74
|
0.65
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
0.8
|
0.8
|
0.8
|
0.9
|
1.00
|
1.08
|
1.16
|
1.35
|
1.38
|
|
Northumberland
|
0.5
|
0.6
|
0.4
|
0.6
|
0.36
|
0.34
|
0.41
|
0.50
|
0.60
|
|
Nottingham City
|
3.9
|
3.0
|
2.9
|
3.1
|
3.08
|
2.37
|
2.26
|
2.07
|
2.59
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
1.5
|
1.4
|
1.3
|
1.2
|
1.30
|
1.49
|
1.75
|
1.94
|
1.68
|
|
Oldham
|
1.8
|
1.6
|
1.4
|
1.1
|
1.38
|
1.55
|
1.24
|
1.16
|
1.23
|
|
Oxfordshire
|
1.4
|
1.5
|
1.3
|
1.4
|
1.32
|
1.09
|
1.19
|
1.01
|
0.88
|
|
Peterborough City
|
1.2
|
1.2
|
0.9
|
1.2
|
1.22
|
0.89
|
1.17
|
1.25
|
1.19
|
|
Plymouth
|
0.7
|
0.7
|
0.6
|
0.5
|
0.56
|
0.59
|
0.72
|
0.92
|
0.88
|
|
Poole
|
0.6
|
0.5
|
0.6
|
0.7
|
0.84
|
0.94
|
1.06
|
1.69
|
1.75
|
|
Portsmouth
|
1.9
|
1.4
|
1.8
|
1.8
|
1.63
|
1.42
|
1.70
|
1.84
|
1.84
|
|
Reading
|
1.4
|
1.2
|
0.8
|
1.1
|
1.21
|
1.99
|
2.13
|
1.40
|
1.18
|
|
Redbridge
|
0.4
|
0.4
|
0.6
|
0.5
|
0.73
|
0.69
|
0.94
|
0.93
|
0.92
|
|
Redcar and Cleveland
|
1.3
|
1.2
|
1.2
|
1.4
|
1.10
|
0.97
|
1.03
|
1.41
|
1.23
|
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Richmond upon Thames
|
1.0
|
1.5
|
1.9
|
2.5
|
2.54
|
2.10
|
1.99
|
2.51
|
2.34
|
|
Rochdale
|
1.9
|
1.4
|
1.4
|
1.2
|
1.59
|
1.41
|
1.62
|
1.49
|
1.52
|
|
Rotherham
|
1.5
|
1.2
|
1.2
|
1.1
|
1.58
|
1.27
|
1.60
|
1.66
|
2.07
|
|
Rutland
|
0.7
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
0.48
|
0.49
|
0.41
|
0.47
|
0.38
|
|
Salford
|
1.2
|
1.4
|
1.3
|
1.4
|
1.57
|
2.19
|
2.67
|
2.78
|
2.11
|
|
Sandwell
|
1.8
|
1.6
|
1.5
|
1.1
|
1.71
|
1.56
|
1.94
|
1.82
|
2.12
|
|
Sefton
|
0.7
|
0.6
|
0.7
|
0.7
|
0.69
|
0.67
|
0.72
|
0.76
|
0.75
|
|
Sheffield
|
2.2
|
1.9
|
1.8
|
2.1
|
2.17
|
2.02
|
2.03
|
2.34
|
1.98
|
|
Shropshire
|
0.7
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
0.56
|
0.46
|
0.45
|
0.57
|
0.66
|
|
Slough
|
1.1
|
1.1
|
1.1
|
1.3
|
1.22
|
1.46
|
1.55
|
1.28
|
0.81
|
|
Solihull
|
0.6
|
0.7
|
0.5
|
0.6
|
0.89
|
0.82
|
0.62
|
0.89
|
0.84
|
|
Somerset
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
0.63
|
0.63
|
0.82
|
1.01
|
1.16
|
|
South Gloucestershire
|
1.1
|
1.1
|
1.4
|
1.2
|
0.96
|
1.25
|
1.09
|
0.90
|
0.86
|
|
South Tyneside
|
0.3
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
0.4
|
0.62
|
0.69
|
1.70
|
0.66
|
0.73
|
|
Southampton
|
1.1
|
1.1
|
1.1
|
1.1
|
1.31
|
1.18
|
1.19
|
1.87
|
1.77
|
|
Southend-on-Sea
|
1.4
|
1.2
|
1.4
|
1.9
|
1.42
|
1.34
|
1.78
|
1.79
|
1.62
|
|
Southwark
|
2.6
|
2.3
|
1.9
|
1.8
|
1.74
|
1.79
|
1.59
|
1.69
|
2.21
|
|
St Helens
|
0.5
|
0.6
|
1.0
|
0.9
|
0.91
|
1.13
|
1.07
|
1.55
|
1.42
|
|
Staffordshire
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
0.6
|
0.55
|
0.66
|
0.63
|
0.62
|
0.64
|
|
Stockport
|
1.3
|
1.2
|
1.0
|
0.9
|
0.95
|
0.82
|
0.94
|
0.99
|
1.30
|
|
Stockton on Tees
|
0.8
|
0.9
|
0.6
|
0.4
|
0.52
|
0.72
|
0.87
|
0.78
|
1.02
|
|
Stoke on Trent
|
1.1
|
1.2
|
1.2
|
1.6
|
1.64
|
1.50
|
1.50
|
2.13
|
1.99
|
|
Suffolk
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
0.89
|
1.08
|
1.32
|
1.29
|
1.37
|
|
Sunderland
|
1.2
|
1.2
|
1.0
|
0.9
|
0.99
|
0.90
|
1.19
|
1.37
|
0.98
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Surrey
|
0.4
|
0.5
|
0.7
|
1.0
|
0.97
|
0.98
|
1.09
|
1.19
|
1.19
|
|
Sutton
|
0.3
|
0.4
|
0.4
|
0.4
|
0.89
|
0.66
|
0.69
|
0.67
|
0.78
|
|
Swindon
|
0.7
|
0.7
|
0.8
|
0.7
|
0.76
|
0.67
|
1.07
|
0.89
|
0.88
|
|
Tameside
|
1.2
|
1.3
|
1.1
|
1.2
|
1.04
|
0.43
|
0.46
|
0.89
|
1.09
|
|
Telford and Wrekin
|
1.0
|
0.8
|
1.0
|
0.9
|
0.63
|
0.51
|
0.61
|
0.95
|
1.06
|
|
Thurrock
|
1.5
|
1.3
|
1.3
|
1.1
|
0.93
|
1.62
|
1.25
|
1.24
|
1.62
|
|
Torbay
|
0.7
|
0.8
|
1.0
|
1.2
|
1.26
|
1.49
|
1.47
|
1.58
|
1.85
|
|
Tower Hamlets
|
2.8
|
2.2
|
2.5
|
2.6
|
2.41
|
2.03
|
1.97
|
2.42
|
2.05
|
|
Trafford
|
0.7
|
1.1
|
0.7
|
0.8
|
0.73
|
0.60
|
0.68
|
0.70
|
0.61
|
|
Wakefield
|
0.7
|
1.0
|
0.7
|
0.9
|
0.84
|
1.00
|
0.94
|
1.04
|
0.82
|
|
Walsall
|
1.0
|
0.9
|
0.8
|
0.7
|
0.82
|
0.86
|
1.09
|
1.14
|
1.27
|
|
Waltham Forest
|
2.3
|
1.8
|
1.4
|
2.0
|
1.72
|
1.37
|
1.57
|
1.74
|
1.37
|
|
Wandsworth
|
1.7
|
1.2
|
0.8
|
0.7
|
1.34
|
1.09
|
0.82
|
1.11
|
1.22
|
|
Warrington
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
0.6
|
0.64
|
0.65
|
0.81
|
0.93
|
1.10
|
|
Warwickshire
|
0.7
|
0.6
|
0.7
|
0.7
|
0.66
|
0.76
|
0.75
|
0.95
|
0.94
|
|
West Berkshire
|
0.4
|
0.3
|
0.4
|
0.6
|
0.58
|
0.61
|
0.86
|
0.89
|
0.86
|
|
West Sussex
|
0.6
|
0.7
|
0.7
|
0.8
|
0.88
|
0.75
|
0.73
|
0.92
|
0.76
|
|
Westminster, City of
|
3.2
|
3.9
|
3.1
|
2.4
|
1.76
|
1.59
|
1.95
|
1.77
|
1.98
|
|
Wigan
|
1.3
|
1.2
|
1.0
|
0.8
|
0.67
|
0.60
|
0.60
|
0.86
|
1.18
|
|
Wiltshire
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
0.7
|
0.65
|
0.60
|
0.73
|
0.88
|
1.01
|
|
Windsor & Maidenhead
|
0.4
|
0.5
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
0.65
|
0.72
|
0.75
|
1.00
|
0.84
|
|
Wirral
|
0.8
|
0.7
|
0.6
|
0.5
|
0.48
|
0.54
|
0.61
|
0.54
|
0.72
|
|
Wokingham
|
0.4
|
0.3
|
0.4
|
0.6
|
0.96
|
0.62
|
0.80
|
1.16
|
0.88
|
|
Wolverhampton
|
1.5
|
1.4
|
1.3
|
1,2
|
1.06
|
1.20
|
1.13
|
1.18
|
1.05
|
|
Worcestershire
|
0.7
|
0.8
|
0.8
|
0.8
|
0.61
|
0.76
|
0.60
|
0.79
|
0.93
|
|
York, City of
|
0.6
|
0.8
|
1.1
|
1.1
|
1.02
|
1.14
|
105
|
1.04
|
1.13
|
(1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Figures are only available to 1 decimal place prior to 2001-02. (3 )Figures for 2005-06 are provisional.
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