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Children in Care: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that all electronic Personal Education Plan systems used by local authority Virtual Schools meet robust national minimum security and data protection standards, particularly f
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 2 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 10 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that all electronic Personal Education Plan systems used by local authority Virtual Schools meet robust national minimum security and data protection standards, particularly f
4 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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10 Jun 2026
Answer published
Statutory guidance for Virtual School Heads (VSHs) sets out what Personal Education Plans (PEPs) must cover and the outcomes they should support. The department does not mandate, endorse or have oversight of any specific electronic PEP (ePEP) platforms. D...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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