questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to measure (a) the mental wellbeing of children who are not in school and (b) changes in their wellbeing.
answerText: Ensuring that children are in school is a top priority for the government. The department routinely collects daily absence data to understand the causes for absence. The latest data is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/fi...
heading: Pupils: Absenteeism