HC Deb 19 September 2002 vol 390 cc28-9W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many parents have been imprisoned as a result of their children's truancy under the provisions of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000. [73229]

Hilary Benn

The availability of imprisonment on a sentence in cases where parents who know that their child is not attending school and have taken no reasonable steps to secure their attendance came into force on 1 March 2001.

Statistics for 2001 will be available in the autumn.