A survey of 120 local education authorities revealed that more than 16,000 hours of police time are spent on truancy sweeps each year. One young person was stopped for every half-hour of police time but most were found not to be truanting. It took an average of 82 minutes (99 in London) to find one truant.
The research was carried out by Action on Rights for Children. Tom Wylie, chief executive of The NYA, said: "It is vital that young people receive a proper education but the use of police on truancy sweeps does not seem to be very effective."
- Further details are available from the web site at www.arched.org/truancy/tsr05.htm.
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