§ Mr. GROVESasked the President of the Board of Education if, when children are absent from school owing to their attendance at school clinics, hospitals, sanatoria, or any other medical treatment ordered by the school medical officer, such occasions rank with those specified in paragraph 23(c)of Schedule 4 of the Code; and are they counted as attendances under Article 44(h)of the Code?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of EDUCATION(Lord Eustace Percy)The answer to both parts of the question is in the affirmative in so far as the attendances are made, or the medical treatment is given, in accordance with arrangements approved under Section 80 (1) of the Education Act, 1921.