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Pupils: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to reduce frequent absences of children from school.

answeredDepartment for Education

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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 Feb 2025
Target answer date
3 Mar 2025
Answer
6 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to reduce frequent absences of children from school.

  2. 3 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.Tackling absence is at the heart of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. If children aren’t in school, it doesn’t matter how effective or...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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