Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) primary and (b) secondary schools provide his Department with regular updates on covid-19 cases within their education facility.

Primary and secondary schools are required to supply daily COVID-19 attendance data to the Department for both pupils and staff. This information is collected on electronic forms and submitted to the Department through an online portal.

Schools provide the numbers of pupils unable to attend face to face education or undertake remote learning according to the categories below:

• Suspected cases of COVID-19
• Confirmed cases of COVID-19
• Pupils who have been asked to remain at home due to potential contact with a case of COVID-19 within their setting
• Pupils who have been asked to remain at home due to potential contact with a case of COVID-19 outside of their setting, including self isolation.