Schools: Absenteeism
Commons · Question 1289 · Tabled 23 Jul 2024 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Question
Asked by Rachael Maskell
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of (a) children and (b) young people not in school; and if she will commission a review into the reasons behind such absences.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 26 Jul 2024
The government is committed to taking steps to better understand how many children of compulsory school age in England are not in school. Beginning October 2022, aggregate data on children in elective home education (EHE) and children missing education (C...