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Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing parents to take their children out of school during term time for up to five days per year.

answeredDepartment for Education

About this written question

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
30 Oct 2024
Target answer date
4 Nov 2024
Answer
7 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing parents to take their children out of school during term time for up to five days per year.

  2. 4 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    Tackling absence is at the heart of this government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. If children are not in school, it does not matter how effective or well-supported teaching and learning is, they will not benefit. The government recognis...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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Possible follow-up questions

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Class Sizes

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Students: Loans

8 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2024 to Question 11711 on Students: Loans, for what reason there was an increase in the amount of debt written off between 2022-23 and 2023-24.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Schools: Coronavirus

12 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school days were lost due to school closures during the Covid lockdowns.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Children in Care: Migrants

18 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in the care system are from non-UK citizenship families; and what the total cost to the public purse is of their care.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Private Education: VAT

20 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consultations her Department is holding with public schools in relation to the removal of VAT exemptions.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Pupils: Attendance

21 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total amount of fines collected for taking children out of school during term time was in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pupils: Undocumented Migrants

26 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers have formally raised concern about the age of irregular migrant students in each of the last five years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

English Language: Education

26 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of people who took an English for Speakers of Other Languages class claimed Universal Credit in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of the provision of tho

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Department for Education: Aviation

28 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in their Department since 5 July 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

School Meals

2 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that Bovaer is not used within the school supply chain.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pupils: Undocumented Migrants

4 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of children who are (a) irregular migrants and (b) were on school rolls on 4 December 2024 broken down by age.