Sarah Wollaston – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sarah Wollaston on 2016-03-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to work with local authorities to ensure that the education provided to home educated children is effectively regulated and safeguarded.

Edward Timpson

The Department for Education has frequent contact with local authority officers and elected members on the subject of elective home education. Published guidance for local authorities is available on the GOV.UK website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/elective-home-education

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