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Home Education

Question for Department for Education

UIN HL99, tabled on 17 July 2024

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for children who are being home educated in England to be registered with their local authority.

Answered on

31 July 2024

This government is committed to the introduction of local authority registers of children who are not in school, including those who are home educated. These measures will be included in the future Children’s Wellbeing Bill, as announced in His Majesty the King’s Speech on 17 July 2024.

These measures will ensure that the department and local authorities are able to keep a record of children and ensure they are receiving the high standard of education they all deserve.