Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 36778

Children: Domestic Abuse

Tabled: 10 March 2025
Answered: 7 April 2025

Question

Daisy Cooper

Liberal DemocratSt Albans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average length of time was for children fleeing domestic abuse to be allocated a school place in the latest period for which data is available.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
Children living in a refuge are, among a number of other categories of vulnerable and hard-to-place children, eligible for consideration under the fair access protocol. Where a child is referred to the protocol, they must be allocated a school place withi...

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