Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 12418

Pupils: Absenteeism

Tabled: 4 November 2024

Answered: 11 November 2024

Named Day

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timeline is for the increase in the number of attendance mentors for schools.

Answer

Stephen Morgan

On 11 October 2024, the department announced an additional £15 million to expand the attendance mentoring programme to at least 10,000 pupils across ten new areas.Mentoring support is expected to begin in April 2025. More information can be found here: ht...

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