Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 22671

Special Educational Needs: Absenteeism

Tabled: 8 January 2025
Answered: 23 January 2025

Question

Jo Platt

Labour (Co-op)Leigh and Atherton

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to expand the statutory definition of Children Missing Education to include children with special educational needs not receiving adequate education.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
The department conducted a call for evidence from 18 May to 20 July 2023 on ‘Improving support for children missing education’, to understand the sector’s current approach to identifying and supporting children missing education (CME). The department’s re...

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