Question follow-through · 24396
Home Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure accurate representation of (a) cases involving children already known to social services and (b) other aspects of home education in (i) public statements and (
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 15 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 24 Jan 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
15 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure accurate representation of (a) cases involving children already known to social services and (b) other aspects of home education in (i) public statements and (
17 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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24 Jan 2025
Answer published
Public statements issued by the department are reviewed for accuracy by policy officials, communications specialists, special advisers and, where needed, lawyers.The department also draws on information from external sources such as local authorities’ chi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Special Educational Needs: Internet
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15 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent early years statutory guidance changes on the financial sustainability of (a) private and (b) voluntary childcare providers.
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