Truancy: Fines

(asked on 10th January 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that divorced parents are not fined for unauthorised school absences for which the other parent was responsible.


Answered by
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Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 17th January 2023

I refer the hon. Member for Coventry North West, to the answer I gave on 15 November 2022 to Question 80916. The Department is currently considering its legislative priorities and will set these out in due course.

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