Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 128288

Pupils: Attendance

Tabled: 20 April 2026

Question

Suella Braverman

Reform UKFareham and Waterlooville

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is on arresting and detaining parents overnight in connection with Education Act 1996 non-attendance offences, particularly in cases where the parent ensured the child attended scho