Question follow-through · 32413
Pupils: Attendance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of non-attendance sanctions.
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
- 21 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 3 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of non-attendance sanctions.
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Mar 2025
Answer published
This government is committed to tackling school absence, including through our attendance guidance, our national enforcement framework and engagement with schools, local authorities and the third sector.The ‘Working together to improve school attendance’ ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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