Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 13843

Home Education: Special Educational Needs

Tabled: 12 November 2024
Answered: 20 November 2024

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure children with special educational needs and disabilities that are educated at home receive appropriate support.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
The 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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