Oral Question·Home Office
“What assessment he has made of the potential effect on young people's safety of drug testing at festivals, nightclubs and other large gatherings.”
Tabled: 23 October 2018Answered: 29 October 2018
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Olivia Bailey)
Flu arrived earlier than usual this year, with increases first seen in children and young people. Despite the flu vaccination programme in schools getting off to a strong start in the autumn, with 4 million children vaccinated by early January—an improvement on last year’s figures—attendance levels have been impacted, and the data does show high illness-related absence.