HC Deb 24 July 1996 vol 282 c450W
Sir Graham Bright

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many school days were lost by children as a result of asthma in the last year for which figures are available. [39558]

Mr. Robin Squire

This information is not collected centrally. Information on levels of authorised and unauthorised absence is collected annually in respect of all day pupils of compulsory school age, but schools are not required to break their authorised absence totals down by cause of absence.