Question follow-through · 24595

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of school attendance penalty notice regulations on NHS ambulance service staff with limited ability to choose annual leave due to operational rost

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of school attendance penalty notice regulations on NHS ambulance service staff with limited ability to choose annual leave due to operational rost

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    All children are entitled to a full-time education. While the department recognises that some parents, including NHS ambulance service staff, may face constraints in choosing their annual leave because of operational rostering arrangements, we do not beli...

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