Question follow-through · 12591
Special Educational Needs: Northumberland
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children requiring SEND support did not attend school in each council ward in Northumberland in each of the last five academic years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 4 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 12 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children requiring SEND support did not attend school in each council ward in Northumberland in each of the last five academic years.
6 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Nov 2024
Answer published
The requested information is not held centrally.The department collects information on children who are electively home educated (EHE) from local authorities on a voluntary basis. The latest figures can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics....
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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