PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Truancy: Prosecutions (23 July 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many single justice procedure notices issued by local authorities for truancy relating to a child (a) with and (b) without special educational needs have been prosecuted in each of the last five years.

Asked by:
Ben Goldsborough (Labour)

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of prosecutions for truancy offences, however, information held centrally does not include whether the prosecution was processed through the Single Justice Procedure, or if the offence related to a child with or without special educational needs. This information may be held on court records, but to examine individual court records would be of disproportionate cost.

Answered by:
Heidi Alexander (Labour)
31 July 2024