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 MorganThe 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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