Attendance Rates

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language – in the Senedd at 2:32 pm on 8 December 2021.

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Photo of Jenny Rathbone Jenny Rathbone Labour 2:32, 8 December 2021

—from the police that there's been a huge rise in domestic violence, a huge rise in the number of children being pulled into county lines or other forms of exploitation, which were exacerbated by lockdown. So, do you agree with me that, whilst numerically small, every unexplained absence from school, particularly if they've not been in school since lockdown, constitutes a major cause for concern for every pupil's well-being, and getting them back into school has to be a priority for all the agencies involved?