Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 96988
Pupils: Absenteeism
Tabled: 3 December 2025
Answered: 15 December 2025
Named DayQuestion
Manuela Perteghella
Liberal Democrat — Stratford-on-Avon
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of local authority compliance with the national legislation establishing the threshold of (a) 10 sessions of unauthorised absence and (b) a rolling 10-school-week period for
Answer
Olivia BaileyThe National Framework for Penalty Notices, which was designed to embed our support-first approach and improve consistency and fairness across the country, was introduced in August 2024.Every local authority must draw up, and is expected to publish, a loc...
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