§ 39. Miss Fookesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will extend the range of statistics used by his Department so as to include such matters as the numbers of children in different types of school, and the incidence of truancy.
§ Miss Joan LestorMy Department already publishes annual statistics showing the total numbers of children in different types of school. As I told the House on 11th November—[Vol. 899, c. 1118–9.]—school absence returns are among the possibilities we shall be considering in the light of the responses to our consultative letter on behavioural problems in schools.