Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 123439

Truancy: Prosecutions

Tabled: 24 March 2026

Answered: 7 April 2026

Question

Jess Asato

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will commission an analysis of areas with the highest levels of prosecutions for truancy, to examine the contributing social, economic, and institutional factors, to help inform evidence-based policy res

Answer

Olivia Bailey

The department conducts analysis of data received via its Parental Responsibility Measures for Attendance data collection, which provides information on the national use of legal interventions to improve school attendance, including prosecutions, by local...

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