§ Mr. Teddy TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will take steps to require education authorities to make periodic returns to his Department of the percentage of truancy by 14 and 15-year-old children; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. RumboldI refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Mid-Staffordshire (Mr. Heddle) on 26 November, at column275.