Question follow-through · 21089

Children: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether there is a mandated process for social services to be informed when a child for whom there has been a (a) Child Protection Plan, (b) Child in Need plan and (c) safeguarding concern raised is removed fro

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
18 Dec 2024
Target answer date
8 Jan 2025
Answer
8 Jan 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether there is a mandated process for social services to be informed when a child for whom there has been a (a) Child Protection Plan, (b) Child in Need plan and (c) safeguarding concern raised is removed fro

  2. 8 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Schools are legally required to notify the local authority of a child’s removal from the school roll at a non-standard transition point. This relates to pupils removed from the admission register before completing the final year of education normally prov...

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