Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 80206
Home Education: Data Protection
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025
Question
Adam Dance
Liberal Democrat — Yeovil
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to help protect the data of home educated children, in the context of provisions in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
Answer
Josh MacAlisterThe Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill contains provisions requiring local authorities to maintain registers of children who are not in school. These registers are intended to aid local authorities in identifying children who are missing education and ...
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