Question follow-through · 68496
Pupils: Absenteeism
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing annual statistics on the number of children who miss education due to long term illness; and if she will publish statistics on the child's (a
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 12 Aug 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
16 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing annual statistics on the number of children who miss education due to long term illness; and if she will publish statistics on the child's (a
21 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Aug 2025
Answer published
The department collects data on children missing education from local authorities. The latest data, including breakdowns by geography, characteristic and length of time missing education, is published here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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