PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Truancy: Fines (10 January 2023)

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.

Asked by:
Taiwo Owatemi (Labour)

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.

Answered by:
Nick Gibb (Conservative)
17 January 2023