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Home Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with home educator parents on the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body: Department for Education
Tabled: 4 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 6 Feb 2025
Answer: 12 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

4 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with home educator parents on the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
6 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Feb 2025
Answer published
As part of the Children Not in School measures, the department will publish statutory guidance outlining the steps that local authorities and parents need to take to comply with the new provisions. This guidance will be consulted on, ensuring families hav...

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