There were 1,400 parents who were charged with not sending their children to school in the scholastic year, Education Minister Evarist Bartolo told Labour MP Luciano Busuttil in Parliament.

Giving comparative figures of such charges since 2008-09, Mr Bartolo said the greatest number of charges was in 2010-11, with 1,762 parents charged.

The parents came mostly from Valletta, Cospicua, Qormi and Birkirkara.

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