Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 46021
Pupils: Cancer
Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 29 April 2025
Question
Lisa Smart
Liberal Democrat — Hazel Grove
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of educational provision for children diagnosed with cancer.
Answer
Catherine McKinnellIf a child is too unwell to attend school, local authorities have a duty under section 19 of the Children's Act 1996 to provide suitable and (normally) full-time education for children of compulsory school age who, because of exclusion, illness or other r...
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