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date	18/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent research has been commissioned into truancy in schools; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	192479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>From the 2011/12 absence data, we know that pupils who have regular attendance at school are four times more likely to achieve five or more A*-C grades at GCSE, including English and maths, than those pupils who are persistently absent. Persistent absence has fallen by 15 per cent under this Government, from 392,305 pupils missing 15 per cent of school time in 2010/11 to 333,850 in 2011/12. The former Government Adviser on behaviour, Charlie Taylor, published his report on improving school attendance in April 2012. It can be found at <a href="http://tinyurl.com/crt8nok" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/crt8nok</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

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date	18/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to visit university technical colleges.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	192511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education visited JCB Academy shortly before that university technical college (UTC) opened. Lord Nash has visited both Hackney and Aston UTCs since his appointment as an Education Minister. Skills Minister, Matthew Hancock, recently visited South Devon UTC, which has now been approved for pre-opening.</p><p>This Government has already opened 17 UTCs, and approved a further 33 for pre-opening. These UTCs are introducing innovative ways of combining academic subjects with high quality technical education giving young people the skills and experience that industry wants.</p><p>The Secretary of State regularly visits all types of schools and plans to visit a UTC in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon