Petition Child Benefit to be withdrawn for Persistent Truancy

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If a child is continually absent from school, due to truancy, child benefit should be withdrawn, until such time the child returns on a regular basis.

(Parents have a duty under the Education Act to ensure their children receive fulltime education)

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

2 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 2 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 22 August 2012
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