Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 793

Alternative Education

Tabled: 18 July 2024
Answered: 26 July 2024

Question

Rachael Maskell

Labour (Co-op)York Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to enable the state education system to provide alternative provision without recourse to the private sector.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
The government is committed to meeting children's educational and social needs earlier, so that wherever possible they can remain in their mainstream school. Where alternative provision is required, it should be as part of a planned intervention delivered...

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