Schools: Attendance

(asked on 22nd April 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce a legal duty on parents to notify local authorities when a child is not registered at a school; and if not, why not.


Answered by
Baroness Smith of Malvern Portrait
Baroness Smith of Malvern
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 29th April 2026

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

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