The Scottish Government

Education Authority

Percentage Authorised Absence 2000/2001

Percentage Authorised Absence 2001/2002

Percentage Unauthorised Absence 2000/2001

Percentage Unauthorised Absence 2001/2002

Total Percentage Absence 2000/2001

Total Percentage Absence 2001/2002

Scotland

9.8

9.6

1.5

1.5

11.4

11.1

Aberdeen City

8.6

7.9

1.6

1.6

10.1

9.5

Aberdeenshire

7.6

6.7

1.3

1.3

9.0

8.0

Angus

5.2

5.5

2.8

2.8

8.0

8.2

Argyll & Bute

8.0

8.0

0.4

0.4

8.4

8.4

Clackmannanshire

6.6

6.8

5.2

4.5

11.9

11.3

Dumfries & Galloway

9.5

8.9

1.2

1.2

10.7

10.1

Dundee City

9.1

10.1

2.3

2.4

11.4

12.5

East Ayrshire

10.4

10.5

0.7

0.5

11.1

11.1

East Dunbartonshire

8.7

8.8

0.2

0.2

8.9

9.0

East Lothian

6.6

6.8

2.7

2.2

9.3

8.9

East Renfrewshire

6.7

6.0

0.1

0.1

6.8

6.1

Edinburgh, City of

10.0

9.6

3.7

3.9

13.7

13.5

Eilean Siar

7.7

9.1

0.1

0.2

7.8

9.3

Falkirk

7.3

7.6

3.9

3.9

11.3

11.5

Fife

9.4

8.7

2.7

2.2

12.1

10.9

Glasgow City

15.2

14.4

1.1

1.0

16.3

15.4

Highland

9.2

9.3

1.5

1.3

10.7

10.6

Inverclyde

12.4

11.8

0.6

0.5

12.9

12.3

Midlothian

7.9

8.1

1.3

1.8

9.1

9.9

Moray

8.1

7.5

1.5

1.7

9.6

9.2

North Ayrshire

10.3

10.7

0.8

0.9

11.1

11.6

North Lanarkshire

12.7

12.7

0.7

0.6

13.4

13.4

Orkney Islands

6.0

5.5

0.1

0.2

6.1

5.7

Perth & Kinross

8.3

7.8

2.5

3.1

10.8

10.9

Renfrewshire

9.9

9.8

0.8

0.7

10.7

10.5

Scottish Borders

7.0

7.1

1.0

1.0

7.9

8.1

Shetland Islands

6.9

7.4

0.0

0.0

6.9

7.4

South Ayrshire

9.7

9.7

0.5

0.4

10.2

10.1

South Lanarkshire

11.0

11.2

0.5

0.5

11.5

11.7

Stirling

8.3

8.3

2.5

1.9

10.8

10.2

West Dunbartonshire

11.5

11.2

1.2

1.1

12.7

12.3

West Lothian

7.0

6.6

3.0

3.3

10.0

9.9