Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 68927
Schools: Attendance
Tabled: 17 July 2025
Answered: 12 August 2025
Question
Mr Will Forster
Liberal Democrat — Woking
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 MorganThe 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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