United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 68495
Pupils: Absenteeism
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16 July 2025
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22 July 2025 · Answer
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22 July 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s statutory guidance entitled Children missing education: statutory guidance for local authorities, published August 2024, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits
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16 July 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s statutory guidance entitled Children missing education: statutory guidance for local authorities, published August 2024, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits
Source: Commons
22 July 2025
Answer
Local authorities do have a statutory duty under section 19 of the Education Act 1996 to arrange suitable and (normally) full-time education for children of compulsory school age who, because of exclusion, illness or other reasons, would not receive suita...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-07-16/68495
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1823967
- uk · wq-1823967 · source updated 22 July 2025