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Mr. Pawsey
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the rates of truancy (a) currently, (b) five years ago and (c) 10 years ago.
Mr. Fallon
This information is not collected centrally.My right hon. Friend is considering what scope there might be for reviewing the collection and presentation of such statistics at local level.