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registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Absenteeism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of school days lost due to protests on climate change (a) in Newcastle upon Tyne and (b) nationally.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	239973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>Recording school absence is a matter for schools. Advice on recording absence is included in the school attendance guidance, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-attendance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-attendance</a>.</p><p>The Department does not condone pupils missing out on education as a consequence of the recent protests on climate change.</p><p>The issue of climate change is important, but missing school is not the solution. Absence causes disruption for other pupils and teachers, as schools seek to ensure that absent pupils catch up with work that has been missed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/04/2019 15:20:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1092646

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Absenteeism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of legislation relating to the unauthorised absence of students from school.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	235237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>Ensuring children attend school regularly and tackling the issue of unauthorised absence cannot only be enforced through the law. It requires a range of approaches to support children who may be absent from school.</p><p>Parents have a duty, under section 7 of the Education Act 1996, to ensure that their child of compulsory school age (5-16) receives an efficient full-time education either by attendance at school or otherwise. If parents choose to register their child at school, the law places a duty on the parents to ensure their child attends school regularly. The law gives schools and local authorities powers to offer parenting contracts and obtain parenting orders in relation to attendance.</p><p> </p><p>In 2013, legislation was amended to make it clear that leave of absence could be authorised by maintained schools only in exceptional circumstances. It is up to individual schools to decide what constitutes exceptional circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The Department tightened the definition of persistent absence, and equipped schools and local authorities with a range of sanctions they can use to tackle poor attendance. Schools and local authorities can use a range of parental responsibility measures to provide support and sanctions to parents when their child’s attendance at school becomes a problem.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, schools and local authorities can issue penalty notices to parents for failing to secure their child’s regular attendance at school or local authorities can decide to prosecute.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/03/2019 17:57:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

988709

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Absenteeism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many fines were issued to parents for taking their children out of school during term time in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	180150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>The statistical publication “Parental Responsibility Measures in England: 2016 to 2017” includes the numbers of penalty notices issued in England in table 1. The release is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/parental-responsibility-measures-2016-to-2017-academic-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/parental-responsibility-measures-2016-to-2017-academic-year</a>.</p><p>The most recent figures cover the 2016/17 academic year.</p><p>The Department collects and reports on parental responsibility measures information from schools in England only. Education statistics for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are available from the relevant departments.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/10/2018 15:30:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

914921

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Absenteeism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many fines were issued by his Department for non-attendance at school by children in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	148722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Penalty notices are issued to parents by schools, local authorities or the police for failing to ensure that their child, if of compulsory school age, regularly attends the state-funded school where they are registered or at the place where alternative provision is provided for them.</p><p>The statistical publication “Parental Responsibility Measures in England: 2016 to 2017” includes the numbers of penalty notices issued in England in table 1. The release is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/parental-responsibility-measures-2016-to-2017-academic-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/parental-responsibility-measures-2016-to-2017-academic-year</a>.</p><p>The most recent figures cover the 2016/17 academic year.</p><p>The Department collects and reports on parental responsibility measures information from schools in England only. Education statistics for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are available from the relevant departments.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/06/2018 16:35:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

528009

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Absenteeism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Oral Statement of the Minister of State for Schools of 19 May 2016, on term-time holidays, what progress the Government has made on improving levels of school attendance.
tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
tabling member printed	William Wragg
uin	40958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>The High Court oral judgment represents a significant threat to one of the Government’s most important achievements in education over the last six years, improving school attendance.</p><p>There is abundant academic research which shows that time spent in school is one of the single strongest determinants of a pupil’s academic success. The most recent was published by the Department on 24 March, and shows that every extra day of school missed can affect a child’s attainment at the end of key stage 2 and key stage 4. This is unfair on children and potentially damaging to their life chances.</p><p>That is why we have unashamedly pursued a zero tolerance policy on unauthorised absence. We have increased the penalty notices issued to parents for pupils with unauthorised absence, shortened the time it takes to pay a notice from 42 day to 21 days, placed a greater emphasis on school attendance levels in inspection outcomes. We have also tightened the regulations in relation to term time holidays, so that headteachers should only grant such leave in exceptional circumstances. These measures have been very successful.</p><p>The number of persistent absentees in England’s schools has dropped by over 40% from 433,000 in 2009/10 to 246,000 in 2014/15. Some 6 million fewer days were lost due to authorised absences in the first five half terms in 2014/15 compared to the equivalent period in 2012/13 - a drop from a total of 47.9 million days missed to 41.8 million days missed. Overall absence rates have followed a significant downward trend: from 6.5% in the academic year ending in 2007 to 4.6% in the academic year ending in 2015. In 2012/13, 7.0% of all absences were accounted for by authorised term time holiday. This figure dropped to 2.6% of all absences in 2013/14 and 1.6% of all absences in 2014/15.</p><p>This means that pupils are spending many more hours in school being taught the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in life. If we are going to address entrenched academic underachievement, continuing to improve school attendance will play a central role in achieving such an ambition.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/06/2016 08:35:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

424260

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Absenteeism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the figures for school absence in England were in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	John Pugh
uin	13646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>Information on pupil absence in schools in England is available in the ‘Statistics: pupil absence’ series[1].</p><br /><p>National absence figures between 2009 and 2014, can be found through the link to ‘Pupil absence in schools in England: 2013 to 2014’ in the spreadsheet named ‘National tables: SFR10/2015’.</p><br /><p>Table 1.1 provides absence information across the first five half terms between 2009 and 2014.</p><br /><p>National absence figures between 2005 and 2009, can be found through follow the link to ‘Pupil absence in schools in England, including pupil characteristics: academic year 2009 to 2010’.</p><br /><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-pupil-absence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-pupil-absence</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/11/2015 16:07:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

424262

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Absenteeism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many fines for their child's non-attendance at school have been levied on parents in England in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	John Pugh
uin	13648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>The number of penalty notices issued to parents for offences relating to Section 444(1) of the Education Act 1996 in each academic year since 2004/05 is set out online here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/parental-responsibility-measures-academic-year-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/parental-responsibility-measures-academic-year-2012-to-2013</a>.</p><br /><p>The most recent data published by the Department for Education is for the academic year 2012/13. The department does not collect data regarding fines issued by the courts on this matter.</p><br /><p>The Ministry of Justice publishes data on criminal justice system outcomes by offence in England and Wales. This information can be viewed at the following link under the offence category “112A Education Acts”:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/11/2015 17:05:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

422909

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Absenteeism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on children being absent from school to be on holiday.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	12760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>Reducing absence from school is a top priority for this government as good attendance is clearly linked to attainment. Evidence shows that missing the equivalent of just one week a year from school can damage a pupil’s life chances and reduce a pupil’s chances of succeeding at school[1]. Parents should avoid taking their child out of school during term time if this is not absolutely necessary.</p><p>Head teachers continue to have the discretion to approve term-time absence, but only in exceptional circumstances.</p><p>[1] : “The link between absence and attainment at KS2 and KS4: 2012 to 2013 academic year” research report at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/absence-and-attainment-at-key-stages-2-and-4-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/absence-and-attainment-at-key-stages-2-and-4-2012-to-2013</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/10/2015 13:53:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

170651

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Absenteeism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children of each (a) gender and (b) school year group have been removed from the school roll in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	218900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Information in the form requested is not readily available and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are many reasons why a pupil might be removed from the school roll, including moving school, permanent exclusion or when a pupil has died. The latest statistics on pupil exclusions are published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions</a>.</p><p> </p><p>A pupil can only lawfully be deleted from the admission register in accordance with the grounds prescribed in legislation. These are set out in Regulations 8 and 9 of the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006, as amended. The Department does not publish statistics relating to reasons other than exclusion for removal from the school roll.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 05/01/2015 11:55:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra