Pupils: Absenteeism
Commons · Question 118300 · Tabled 5 Mar 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the increase in the number of children classified as children missing education (CME) in Lancashire over the last decade; and what assessment she has made of the potenti
Answer
Answered by Olivia Bailey, 12 Mar 2026
Children Missing Education data was first collected on a voluntary basis in Autumn 2022. Lancashire reported 4,690 Children Missing Education at any point in the 2024/25 academic year. This is a decrease from 4,820 in 2023/24, and an increase from 2,280 w...