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Special Educational Needs: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the number of prosecutions of parents under section 444 of the Education Act 1996 where the child was receiving SEN Support at the time the prosecution was initiated.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
19 May 2026
Target answer date
21 May 2026
Answer
2 Jun 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the number of prosecutions of parents under section 444 of the Education Act 1996 where the child was receiving SEN Support at the time the prosecution was initiated.

  2. 21 May 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Data for prosecution of offences in England, including offences for non-attendance, is collected by the Ministry of Justice. The Department for Education does not collect data on the protected characteristics of the children of individuals who have been p...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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