A question on #Pupils #Absenteeism tabled by Jess Asato on 16-07-2025 has been answered by Stephen Morgan.

Heading: Pupils: Absenteeism
Question ID: 1823968
UIN: 68496
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-07-16
Asking Member ID: 5156
Asking Member display name: Jess Asato
Asking Member handle: jess4lowestoft
Asking Member Twitter reference: @jess4lowestoft
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing annual statistics on the number of children who miss education due to long term illness; and if she will publish statistics on the child's (a
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Date answered: 2025-08-12
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4653
Answering Member display name: Stephen Morgan
Answering Member handle: stephenmorganmp
Answering Member Twitter reference: @stephenmorganmp
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Answer text: The department collects data on children missing education from local authorities. The latest data, including breakdowns by geography, characteristic and length of time missing education, is published here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov...
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Answering body ID: 60
Answering body name: Department for Education
Tweeted: true