Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the unauthorised absence rate is in schools in England.

In the most recent full academic year for which data is available, 2018/19, the unauthorised absence rate in schools in England was 1.4%. This data is available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england.