Pupils: Absenteeism
Commons · Question 96988 · Tabled 3 Dec 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 15 Dec 2025
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Asked by Manuela Perteghella
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of local authority compliance with the national legislation establishing the threshold of (a) 10 sessions of unauthorised absence and (b) a rolling 10-school-week period for
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Answered by Olivia Bailey, 15 Dec 2025
The National Framework for Penalty Notices, which was designed to embed our support-first approach and improve consistency and fairness across the country, was introduced in August 2024.Every local authority must draw up, and is expected to publish, a loc...