Question follow-through · 104292
Pupils: Absenteeism
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of school absence fines on (a) neurodiverse children and (b) their families.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 8 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 26 Jan 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of school absence fines on (a) neurodiverse children and (b) their families.
12 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Jan 2026
Answer published
The statutory guidance ‘Working together to improve school attendance’ promotes a 'support first' approach, which sets clear expectations about how schools, local authorities and wider services should work together with families to address attendance barr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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