§ Mr. Barry FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he has any plans to provide national truancy statistics to enable comparison to be made between schools that have opted out and those that remain with the local education authority.
§ Mr. ButcherMy right hon. Friend has no plans to require local education authorities and governors of grant-maintaind schools to submit information to him on attendance levels. It will be for local education authorities and governers of grant-maintained schools to monitor attendance levels at their schools and to decide whether to publish information on attendance.