§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give for the latest year for which figures are available the school attendance rate for(a) the years one to five secondary school, (b) fourth year secondary pupils, (c) fifth year secondary pupils and (d) primary schools for each local education authority.
§ Mr. ButcherThis information is not collected centrally. The monitoring of school attendance and decisions on whether to publish figures on attendance are matters for local education authorities and schools.