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Pupil Absence in Maintained PRIMARY Schools in England in the 1999/2000 School Year
| Local Education Authority |
Number of day
pupils of compulsory
school age |
Authorised absence |
Unauthorised absence |
% of half days
missed |
average number
of half days missed
per absent pupil |
% of half days
missed |
average number
of half days missed
per absent pupil |
| Barking and Dagenham | 15,091 | 5.7 | 19.0 | 1.4 | 11.0 |
| Barnet | 21,418 | 5.1 | 17.0 | 0.5 | 9.0 |
| Barnsley | 17,681 | 5.6 | 18.0 | 0.8 | 10.0 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 11,496 | 4.6 | 15.0 | 0.3 | 8.0 |
| Bedfordshire | 20,720 | 4.7 | 16.0 | 0.3 | 8.0 |
| Bexley | 17,035 | 5.6 | 18.0 | 0.3 | 8.0 |
| Birmingham | 86,608 | 6.2 | 20.0 | 0.7 | 10.0 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 13,172 | 5.7 | 19.0 | 0.5 | 10.0 |
| Blackpool | 11,369 | 5.6 | 18.0 | 0.8 | 12.0 |
| Bolton | 23,054 | 4.9 | 17.0 | 0.2 | 8.0 |
| Bournemouth | 10,190 | 4.9 | 16.0 | 0.6 | 7.0 |
| Bracknell Forest | 7,465 | 4.7 | 14.0 | 0.2 | 6.0 |
| Bradford | 36,583 | 5.0 | 17.0 | 0.9 | 9.0 |
| Brent | 18,688 | 5.7 | 19.0 | 0.6 | 8.0 |
| Brighton and Hove | 15,539 | 5.4 | 18.0 | 0.6 | 7.0 |
| Bristol, City of | 27,224 | 5.7 | 18.0 | 0.9 | 11.0 |
| Bromley | 22,047 | 4.8 | 16.0 | 0.4 | 8.0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 36,082 | 4.5 | 15.0 | 0.2 | 8.0 |
| Bury | 14,081 | 4.8 | 16.0 | 0.4 | 10.0 |
| Calderdale | 16,632 | 4.6 | 16.0 | 0.3 | 8.0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 38,790 | 4.7 | 16.0 | 0.4 | 8.0 |
| Camden | 9,311 | 6.5 | 23.0 | 1.2 | 11.0 |
| Cheshire | 50,629 | 4.2 | 14.0 | 0.3 | 10.0 |
| Cornwall | 36,785 | 5.4 | 17.0 | 0.3 | 8.0 |
| Coventry | 24,424 | 6.0 | 19.0 | 0.4 | 10.0 |
| Croydon | 25,685 | 5.8 | 18.0 | 0.5 | 9.0 |
| Cumbria | 37,022 | 5.1 | 17.0 | 0.1 | 8.0 |
| Darlington | 8,199 | 5.9 | 19.0 | 0.2 | 10.0 |
| Derby City | 18,664 | 5.3 | 18.0 | 0.7 | 10.0 |
| Derbyshire | 57,366 | 4.8 | 16.0 | 0.3 | 8.0 |
| Devon | 50,784 | 4.9 | 16.0 | 0.3 | 7.0 |
| Doncaster | 24,653 | 6.3 | 20.0 | 0.5 | 10.0 |
| Dorset | 22,103 | 4.8 | 16.0 | 0.3 | 6.0 |
| Dudley | 25,152 | 5.5 | 18.0 | 0.3 | 9.0 |
| Durham | 38,674 | 5.7 | 19.0 | 0.1 | 7.0 |
| Ealing | 21,552 | 6.3 | 20.0 | 0.5 | 8.0 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 24,228 | 4.7 | 16.0 | 0.2 | 7.0 |
| East Sussex | 34,512 | 5.2 | 17.0 | 0.4 | 8.0 |
| Enfield | 21,438 | 5.2 | 18.0 | 1.1 | 11.0 |
| Essex | 98,082 | 5.1 | 17.0 | 0.3 | 8.0 |
| Gateshead | 14,653 | 5.1 | 17.0 | 0.4 | 9.0 |
| Gloucestershire | 41,896 | 4.6 | 15.0 | 0.3 | 8.0 |
| Greenwich | 17,254 | 5.5 | 19.0 | 1.4 | 12.0 |
| Hackney | 14,959 | 6.0 | 20.0 | 1.5 | 12.0 |
| Halton | 10,693 | 5.0 | 18.0 | 0.7 | 10.0 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 8,335 | 6.0 | 22.0 | 1.2 | 12.0 |
| Hampshire | 94,056 | 4.4 | 15.0 | 0.3 | 7.0 |
| Haringey | 15,538 | 5.5 | 19.0 | 2.0 | 14.0 |
| Harrow | 17,652 | 5.5 | 18.0 | 0.5 | 8.0 |
| Hartlepool | 7,768 | 5.3 | 17.0 | 0.7 | 13.0 |
| Havering | 17,846 | 5.6 | 18.0 | 0.2 | 6.0 |
| Herefordshire | 13,351 | 4.7 | 16.0 | 0.2 | 7.0 |
| Hertfordshire | 77,535 | 4.5 | 15.0 | 0.3 | 8.0 |
| Hillingdon | 20,503 | 5.5 | 18.0 | 0.9 | 11.0 |
| Hounslow | 15,922 | 5.9 | 19.0 | 0.9 | 10.0 |
| Isle of Wight | 6,400 | 5.8 | 19.0 | 0.2 | 6.0 |
| Isles of Scilly | 133 | 7.1 | 23.0 | 0.1 | 4.0 |
| Islington | 12,973 | 5.6 | 18.0 | 1.2 | 12.0 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 4,935 | 6.1 | 19.0 | 0.8 | 11.0 |
| Kent | 99,181 | 5.2 | 17.0 | 0.4 | 9.0 |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 21,541 | 5.9 | 19.0 | 0.8 | 9.0 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 9,145 | 4.9 | 16.0 | 0.3 | 9.0 |
| Kirklees | 31,534 | 4.6 | 16.0 | 0.6 | 8.0 |
| Knowsley | 14,267 | 6.0 | 20.0 | 0.7 | 10.0 |
| Lambeth | 14,806 | 5.7 | 19.0 | 1.1 | 10.0 |
| Lancashire | 91,521 | 4.9 | 17.0 | 0.3 | 10.0 |
| Leeds | 55,435 | 5.3 | 17.0 | 0.5 | 9.0 |
| Leicester City | 24,273 | 6.1 | 20.0 | 0.5 | 9.0 |
| Leicestershire | 46,068 | 4.7 | 16.0 | 0.2 | 7.0 |
| Lewisham | 18,147 | 5.2 | 18.0 | 1.5 | 12.0 |
| Lincolnshire | 49,225 | 4.8 | 16.0 | 0.3 | 9.0 |
| Liverpool | 36,833 | 6.1 | 20.0 | 0.6 | 12.0 |
| London, City of | 177 | 6.0 | 19.0 | 1.9 | 14.0 |
| Luton | 15,975 | 5.7 | 18.0 | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| Manchester | 35,278 | 6.6 | 21.0 | 0.9 | 12.0 |
| Medway | 22,467 | 5.5 | 18.0 | 0.4 | 7.0 |
| Merton | 12,250 | 6.4 | 20.0 | 0.6 | 8.0 |
| Middlesbrough | 12,190 | 5.9 | 20.0 | 0.5 | 9.0 |
| Milton Keynes | 20,644 | 5.4 | 18.0 | 0.4 | 8.0 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 17,106 | 5.5 | 19.0 | 0.5 | 10.0 |
| Newham | 24,159 | 5.5 | 18.0 | 1.7 | 10.0 |
| Norfolk | 60,374 | 5.2 | 17.0 | 0.4 | 9.0 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 14,207 | 5.2 | 17.0 | 0.3 | 10.0 |
| North Lincolnshire | 12,514 | 4.9 | 16.0 | 0.2 | 6.0 |
| North Somerset | 13,312 | 5.0 | 17.0 | 0.3 | 10.0 |
| North Tyneside | 12,929 | 4.9 | 16.0 | 0.1 | 7.0 |
| North Yorkshire | 41,561 | 4.3 | 14.0 | 0.2 | 7.0 |
| Northamptonshire | 44,664 | 4.6 | 15.0 | 0.4 | 9.0 |
| Northumberland | 15,347 | 4.7 | 16.0 | 0.1 | 9.0 |
| Nottingham City | 23,303 | 5.9 | 19.0 | 0.9 | 11.0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 57,049 | 4.9 | 16.0 | 0.4 | 9.0 |
| Oldham | 18,773 | 5.7 | 23.0 | 0.5 | 10.0 |
| Oxfordshire | 40,981 | 5.0 | 16.0 | 0.3 | 8.0 |
| Peterborough City | 14,113 | 4.8 | 16.0 | 0.7 | 10.0 |
| Plymouth | 18,875 | 5.1 | 16.0 | 0.4 | 7.0 |
| Poole | 10,544 | 5.1 | 16.0 | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| Portsmouth | 14,048 | 5.4 | 17.0 | 0.8 | 9.0 |
| Reading | 9,597 | 5.6 | 18.0 | 0.9 | 11.0 |
| Redbridge | 18,088 | 5.5 | 18.0 | 0.8 | 9.0 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 12,367 | 5.0 | 17.0 | 0.2 | 8.0 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 10,437 | 4.8 | 16.0 | 0.3 | 10.0 |
| Rochdale | 18,436 | 5.2 | 19.0 | 0.4 | 11.0 |
| Rotherham | 21,643 | 5.5 | 18.0 | 0.6 | 11.0 |
| Rutland | 2,188 | 4.1 | 14.0 | 0.1 | 9.0 |
| Salford | 17,159 | 6.0 | 20.0 | 0.6 | 11.0 |
| Sandwell | 24,245 | 6.8 | 22.0 | 0.5 | 10.0 |
| Sefton | 22,333 | 5.4 | 18.0 | 0.2 | 8.0 |
| Sheffield | 38,336 | 5.6 | 19.0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| Shropshire | 20,483 | 4.8 | 15.0 | 0.1 | 6.0 |
| Slough | 9,743 | 6.1 | 20.0 | 0.9 | 11.0 |
| Solihull | 17,507 | 4.9 | 16.0 | 0.2 | 6.0 |
| Somerset | 32,778 | 5.2 | 17.0 | 0.2 | 7.0 |
| South Gloucestershire | 20,237 | 4.8 | 16.0 | 0.3 | 6.0 |
| South Tyneside | 11,907 | 5.5 | 18.0 | 0.1 | 9.0 |
| Southampton | 15,762 | 5.7 | 18.0 | 0.8 | 8.0 |
| Southend-on-Sea | 12,532 | 5.3 | 18.0 | 0.7 | 10.0 |
| Southwark | 18,096 | 4.8 | 18.0 | 1.6 | 12.0 |
| St Helens | 14,855 | 5.8 | 19.0 | 0.2 | 8.0 |
| Staffordshire | 60,104 | 4.9 | 17.0 | 0.2 | 8.0 |
| Stockport | 22,863 | 4.6 | 15.0 | 0.5 | 10.0 |
| Stockton on Tees | 15,844 | 5.0 | 16.0 | 0.1 | 9.0 |
| Stoke on Trent | 19,348 | 5.6 | 18.0 | 0.5 | 10.0 |
| Suffolk | 40,358 | 4.6 | 15.0 | 0.2 | 8.0 |
| Sunderland | 22,738 | 5.6 | 18.0 | 0.2 | 10.0 |
| Surrey | 68,128 | 4.8 | 16.0 | 0.2 | 8.0 |
| Sutton | 12,857 | 5.0 | 17.0 | 0.4 | 9.0 |
| Swindon | 15,169 | 5.4 | 18.0 | 0.4 | 8.0 |
| Tameside | 18,371 | 5.5 | 19.0 | 0.2 | 8.0 |
| Telford and Wrekin | 13,696 | 5.2 | 17.0 | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| Thurrock | 12,051 | 5.7 | 19.0 | 0.6 | 9.0 |
| Torbay | 8,795 | 5.4 | 17.0 | 0.3 | 6.0 |
| Tower Hamlets | 17,253 | 6.0 | 19.0 | 1.5 | 9.0 |
| Trafford | 16,516 | 4.9 | 17.0 | 0.2 | 9.0 |
| Wakefield | 26,452 | 5.3 | 17.0 | 0.6 | 9.0 |
| Walsall | 22,094 | 6.1 | 19.0 | 0.7 | 10.0 |
| Waltham Forest | 18,211 | 5.8 | 19.0 | 0.7 | 9.0 |
| Wandsworth | 14,359 | 6.3 | 21.0 | 0.6 | 9.0 |
| Warrington | 16,542 | 4.4 | 15.0 | 0.3 | 9.0 |
| Warwickshire | 37,593 | 5.0 | 16.0 | 0.2 | 9.0 |
| West Berkshire | 11,162 | 4.4 | 15.0 | 0.2 | 7.0 |
| West Sussex | 55,029 | 5.1 | 17.0 | 0.2 | 7.0 |
| Westminster, City of | 7,442 | 6.1 | 19.0 | 0.9 | 10.0 |
| Wigan | 24,505 | 5.2 | 18.0 | 0.3 | 11.0 |
| Wiltshire | 32,325 | 4.9 | 16.0 | 0.3 | 7.0 |
| Windsor & Maidenhead | 7,904 | 4.7 | 16.0 | 0.4 | 8.0 |
| Wirral | 25,980 | 5.4 | 18.0 | 0.4 | 11.0 |
| Wokingham | 11,756 | 4.0 | 14.0 | 0.3 | 7.0 |
| Wolverhampton | 20,764 | 6.2 | 20.0 | 0.7 | 11.0 |
| Worcestershire | 34,432 | 4.8 | 16.0 | 0.3 | 9.0 |
| York, City of | 12,373 | 4.1 | 14.0 | 0.3 | 9.0 |
| ENGLAND | 3,719,189 | 5.2 | 17.0 | 0.5 | 9.0 |
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