Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Elton (Conservative). It was answered on Tuesday, 6 April 2010.
Schools: Truancy
- Question
- Can the Minister point out the necessity, addressed by the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, of disaggregating these figures, so that we know why children are away? Some children need to be addressed themselves and others need to be addressed through their parents. It really is no good getting this the wrong way round.
- Answer
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I agree, and that is why we have focused relentlessly on making sure that parents fulfil their legal obligation to make sure that they get children into school. That is also why we have ensured that there are parenting contracts and processes in place to make sure that where parents do not engage or do not know where their children are, they do their bit, get their kids to school and the system supports them to do that.
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- Oral question
- Reference
- 718 c1360
- Session
- 2009-10
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- Supplementary
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- House of Lords chamber
- Subjects
- Pupils Schools Truancy
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