Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2020 to Question 104751 on Schools: Coronavirus, if he will publish local data on pupil attendance on a monthly basis.

The Department is constantly reviewing the content of its publications. The final decision on the publication of official statistics lies with the head of profession for statistics in the Department. Announcements about future content will be made through the official statistics release page, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education/about/statistics.

The number of primary, secondary and special schools closed as a result of COVID-19 is published regularly. The most recent publication can be found at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak.