§ Mr. Batesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he is satisfied that figures of absenteeism in schools properly represent the level of truancy; and whether he will remove from these figures schoolchildren who absent themselves following their final examinations.
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§ Mr. ArmstrongThe figures which my Department has collected are for a day in January and are unlikely to be affected by examinations. I accept entirely that absence is not the same thing as truancy.