Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 68927

Schools: Attendance

Tabled: 17 July 2025
Answered: 12 August 2025

Question

Mr Will Forster

Liberal DemocratWoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the changes to attendance and penalty notice regulations that came into effect on 19 August 2024 on school (a) staffing and (b) workload.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
The changes to the regulations governing the school attendance register simplify and consolidate what is recorded in the attendance register by schools, reducing their complexity and burden on schools.The changes to the penalty notice regulations aimed to...

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