Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of recent trends in pupil absences at schools in England.
The daily education settings survey asks schools and colleges to report data such as on-site attendance and COVID-19 absence.
The most recent published data at national level is 20 January 2022 and can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak.