Question follow-through · 16378
Pupils: Absenteeism
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of living in a low income household on rates of school absences.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 26 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 28 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 3 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
26 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of living in a low income household on rates of school absences.
28 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Dec 2024
Answer published
The department publishes absence data for pupils broken down by pupil characteristic. This includes data for pupils who are eligible for free school meals (FSM). The latest absence data can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pupil-absen...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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