Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 22899

Pupils: Absenteeism

Tabled: 9 January 2025
Answered: 17 January 2025

Question

Damian Hinds

ConservativeEast Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of levels of disadvantaged pupils in schools on rates of absence in schools.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
The department collects detailed pupil-level data on attendance, which is disaggregated by a number of characteristics, including measures of disadvantage such as the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) and free school meal (FSM) eligibili...

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