United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 25811
Pupils: Absenteeism
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1 July 2021
Last action
9 July 2021 · Answer
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9 July 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory obligation on local authorities to collate and submit data on student absenteeism to central Government.
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1 July 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory obligation on local authorities to collate and submit data on student absenteeism to central Government.
Source: Commons
9 July 2021
Answer
Information relating to pupil absence in school is collected on a termly basis from schools via the school census. Completion of the school census is a statutory requirement under section 537A of the Education Act 1996. Guidance on what is collected on te...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-07-01/25811
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1342998
- uk · wq-1342998 · source updated 9 July 2021