§ Mr. Hattonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he expects to publish his Department's findings on the exercise "Absence from School" the count of which was taken on Thursday 17th January 1974; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ArmstrongWe are now analysing the returns from our inquiry into attendance at schools on 17th January, but this represents only a part of our investigation into unjustified absence from school. It will be later this year before we know the outcome of this investigation, and we have not yet taken any decisions about publication of the statistical returns or other findings.