Written question WQ96587
- Asked by
- Darren MillarConservative
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Education
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- Due
- Answered
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Question
How many days of unauthorised student absences have there been in each local authority area, broken down by year since 2014?
Answer
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Education
The data requested is in the table below and covers pupils of statutory school age in maintained primary, middle, secondary and special schools.
The data is taken from the annual statutory data collection which has been fully validated by schools and is published as official statistics. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic there is no data available for the academic years 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22.
Table 1: Number of days missed due to unauthorised absence, by local authority, 2013/14 to 2023/24
Local authority
2013/14
2014/15
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
Isle of Anglesey
8,317
9,966
9,616
10,005
11,554
Gwynedd
10,094
8,246
6,878
7,446
9,843
Conwy
19,753
18,975
20,700
22,808
24,452
Denbighshire
19,798
19,139
26,941
30,388
34,686
Flintshire
14,613
10,572
11,882
17,494
20,654
Wrexham
22,316
20,124
22,192
24,265
28,859
Powys
21,068
17,947
17,476
17,307
15,902
Ceredigion
13,620
12,899
13,893
17,488
18,886
Pembrokeshire
28,387
25,497
26,863
28,196
30,687
Carmarthenshire
24,627
30,500
29,908
32,243
44,156
Swansea
62,952
56,846
61,912
60,072
66,270
Neath Port Talbot
29,321
32,466
38,782
51,114
58,291
Bridgend
27,326
28,478
30,124
31,442
32,791
The Vale of Glamorgan
23,727
29,798
33,467
31,186
36,825
Rhondda Cynon Taf
62,752
73,212
80,590
88,955
101,247
Merthyr Tydfil
10,069
13,819
16,695
20,017
27,124
Caerphilly
40,096
41,847
45,733
55,258
57,407
Blaenau Gwent
22,904
17,364
15,879
17,788
19,561
Torfaen
20,563
19,805
18,523
22,165
22,701
Monmouthshire
10,966
12,012
13,435
12,026
11,443
Newport
64,430
63,724
66,182
65,220
72,902
Cardiff
140,649
142,514
135,447
143,599
153,534
Local authority
2018/19
2022/23
2023/24
Isle of Anglesey
11,688
36,011
33,379
Gwynedd
11,716
41,967
48,080
Conwy
29,343
61,401
73,461
Denbighshire
36,682
72,479
79,437
Flintshire
25,858
56,850
64,476
Wrexham
32,324
48,901
58,404
Powys
17,874
34,985
39,247
Ceredigion
21,091
42,849
42,462
Pembrokeshire
34,177
66,242
66,810
Carmarthenshire
50,943
103,661
113,797
Swansea
73,959
143,102
149,727
Neath Port Talbot
74,017
144,806
143,492
Bridgend
36,119
80,912
73,657
The Vale of Glamorgan
40,444
99,361
107,685
Rhondda Cynon Taf
117,531
229,808
221,084
Merthyr Tydfil
28,613
53,286
55,623
Caerphilly
59,693
126,623
122,565
Blaenau Gwent
22,289
44,426
43,413
Torfaen
23,249
48,170
48,083
Monmouthshire
13,251
25,690
30,862
Newport
74,122
154,550
161,420
Cardiff
156,970
298,515
287,863