Question follow-through · 22580

Schools: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school days were lost due to weather conditions in each year since 2010.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
8 Jan 2025
Target answer date
13 Jan 2025
Answer
13 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school days were lost due to weather conditions in each year since 2010.

  2. 13 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The department does not specifically collect data on school days lost due to weather conditions. From the start of the 2024/25 academic year, it became mandatory for schools to share attendance data with the department. Attendance data can be found at: ht...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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