Source · Select Committees · Education Committee
Recommendation 15
15
Deferred
Paragraph: 78
Require local authorities to report on school attendance for pupils attending breakfast or holiday clubs.
Recommendation
We recommend the Department require local authorities to report on school attendance levels for pupils who have attended a breakfast club or holiday club. If a significant impact can be demonstrated, the Government should consider this in future funding decisions.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government deflects the recommendation by focusing on the linkages between persistent absence and home education, rather than addressing the call to require local authorities to report on attendance at breakfast or holiday clubs.
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Paragraph Reference:
78
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government · verbatim extract
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44. This year, the Government is again investing over £200m in the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme, which all local authorities in England are delivering. This is alongside further investment of up to £30m for the National Schools Breakfast Programme (NSBP) which is providing around 350,000 breakfasts per day.
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