Katie Schmuecker and Guy Lodge at IPPR North are putting me right on that.
The government would argue they do have one, but IPPR North director Ed Cox disagrees.
The IPPR suggested the summer holiday should run from mid-July to mid-August, followed by two eight-week terms before Christmas.
The business community was broadly pleased by the tone of the IPPR report.
The IPPR said the change could help parents who find it difficult to keep children occupied during the six-week summer break.
That's too little, too late according to IPPR North's director Ed Cox.
But this was inappropriate for children in care, the IPPR said.
According to the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR), the current childcare ratio in England limits one child minder to looking after three children under the age of two.
But analysis by IPPR North shows almost half of major transport projects involving public funding benefit only London and the south-east, accounting for 84% of planned spending.
"Migrants become easy targets at times of economic difficulty but introducing yet more tough measures to exclude people could damage our prospects for economic recovery, " said IPPR's Tim Finch.
The IPPR paper also points to the lack of a strong economic development agency, particularly for the north-east, without which Scotland is at a significant advantage in attracting inward investors.
But Tony Grayling, associate director of the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), warned that simply building to meet demand would repeat the mistake made in road policy during the 1980s.
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Between 1991 and 2001 wealth held by the elite increased from 47% to 56% and a third of Britain's riches are owned by 2% of the population, according to the IPPR.
If IPPR is right and there is a trend towards people in England describing themselves primarily as English, then the UK and its relationship with the wider world may be up for grabs.
The Tyneside outpost of the Institute of Public Policy Research, IPPR North, has published a report that says the north of England risks being squeezed out by the relative economic success of Scotland and London - unless, that is, it gets some strong leadership.
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