questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of living in a low income household on rates of school absences.
answerText: The department publishes absence data for pupils broken down by pupil characteristic. This includes data for pupils who are eligible for free school meals (FSM). The latest absence data can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pupil-absen...
heading: Pupils: Absenteeism