Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 121322

Home Education: Regulation

Tabled: 17 March 2026

Answered: 23 March 2026

Question

Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what new oversight measures she plans to introduce in relation to home schooling as referenced in the Statement of 9 March 2026; whether local authorities will be granted additional statutory powers to register

Answer

Josh MacAlister

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will require local authorities to maintain registers of children who are not in school, including home-educated children, and require parents of eligible children to give information for these registers. This will...

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