Question follow-through · 41768
Special Educational Needs: Absenteeism
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils who are persistently absent from school have been identified as having special educational needs and disabilities.
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 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 22 Apr 2025 · 27 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 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils who are persistently absent from school have been identified as having special educational needs and disabilities.
28 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Apr 2025
Answer published
The department publishes figures from the school census on pupil absence in state-funded schools. The latest data, including breakdowns by characteristic, covers the 2023/24 academic year and is published here: https://explore-education-statistics.service...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Vocational Education: Huddersfield
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Skilled Workers: Huddersfield
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Education: Equality
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Pupils: Sikhs
15 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department identifies educational attainment outcomes for Sikhs as a distinct group.