Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 13839
Home Education
Tabled: 12 November 2024
Answered: 20 November 2024
Question
Steve Darling
Liberal Democrat — Torbay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to ensure local authorities have the necessary (a) resources and (b) training to effectively safeguard children receiving elective home education.
Answer
Stephen MorganThe department has collected termly data from local authorities concerning their cohorts of home-educated children since autumn 2022.The most recent published data shows an estimated 92,000 children in home education in October 2023, a rise of around 12,0...
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