Question follow-through · 18183
Truancy: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many fines for school absence were issued to the parents of neurodiverse children who missed school for a reason relating to their condition in the last 12 months; and if she will make an assessment of the
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 5 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 11 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many fines for school absence were issued to the parents of neurodiverse children who missed school for a reason relating to their condition in the last 12 months; and if she will make an assessment of the
11 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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11 Dec 2024
Answer published
The information requested is not held by this department. The department collects aggregate data on penalty notices issued for unauthorised absence from local authorities in England, through the annual parental responsibility measures attendance census. N...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Home Education
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Home Education
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