Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the number of pupils who were off school and self-isolating as a result of covid-19, on each day of the last two months.

The Department publishes weekly attendance figures, including the number of children who were off school or self-isolating due to:

• A confirmed case of COVID-19
• A suspected case of COVID-19
• Self-isolating due to potential contact with a case inside the school setting
• Self-isolating due to potential contact with a case outside the school setting
• Their school being closed due to COVID related reasons

The published figures are available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak.

The figures for the past two months can be accessed on the Department’s explore education statistics platform using the link provided below:

https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/d7105dde-f54a-49c4-8975-150b44f277e3.