Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 68495

Pupils: Absenteeism

Tabled: 16 July 2025

Answered: 22 July 2025

Question

Jess Asato

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s statutory guidance entitled Children missing education: statutory guidance for local authorities, published August 2024, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits

Answer

Stephen Morgan

Local authorities do have a statutory duty under section 19 of the Education Act 1996 to arrange suitable and (normally) full-time education for children of compulsory school age who, because of exclusion, illness or other reasons, would not receive suita...

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