| Heading: |
Home Education |
| Question ID: |
1750561 |
| UIN: |
20720 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5248 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Luke Murphy
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| Asking Member handle: |
LukeMLabour
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@LukeMLabour
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what safeguards are currently in place to ensure the (a) well-being and (b) safety of children who are home-schooled; and whether her Department reviews these safeguards regularly. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-02 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4653 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephen Morgan
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenmorganmp
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenmorganmp
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| Answer text: |
Keeping children safe is an absolute priority for the government.The department’s elective home education data collection shows that in autumn 2024, local authorities reported 111,700 children in home education. While this data collection is mandatory for... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |