Question follow-through · 91056
Pupils: Dental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) track school days lost due to dental problems and (b) reduce that number through preventive oral health programmes.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 13 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 24 Nov 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) track school days lost due to dental problems and (b) reduce that number through preventive oral health programmes.
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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24 Nov 2025
Answer published
The use of absence Code M and Code I allows schools to track pupils’ medical appointments and illness respectively. Accurate use and tracking of absence codes enables schools to know their pupils, understand why they are absent and provide appropriate sup...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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