Pupils: Absenteeism

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Department for Education's press release entitled Birthday bunk-offs fuelling avoidable school absence, published on 10 June 2026, what estimate she has made of the cost to the education s

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1. 12 June 2026

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Department for Education's press release entitled Birthday bunk-offs fuelling avoidable school absence, published on 10 June 2026, what estimate she has made of the cost to the education s

   Source: Commons

2. 23 June 2026

   Answer

   Each day of lost learning can do serious harm. Days missed add up quickly, even if it takes just 1 minute to catch up on each day of school that pupils miss, this still equates to resource equivalent of 1,000 full time teachers working purely on missed le...

   Source: Written answer

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