Member

Amendment 250, tabled by my noble friend Lady Whitaker, and Amendments 251 and 257A, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, concern additional information that local authorities should be required to record on their registers and that parents should be required to provide. I agree that information such as a family’s reasons for home education or whether an eligible child is a young carer are important context for the local authority to have. This information could reveal whether a child needs particular support or is likely to be missing education, for example. It could also be used to identify whether improvements are needed in other parts of the education system, as noble Lords have identified.