United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 476
Home Education: Safety
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Introduced
11 May 2021
Last action
19 May 2021 · Answer
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Answered
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Education
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19 May 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what safeguarding measures are in place to protect the wellbeing of children receiving an elective home education.
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11 May 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what safeguarding measures are in place to protect the wellbeing of children receiving an elective home education.
Source: Commons
19 May 2021
Answer
The safeguarding of children who are electively home educated sits within a local authority’s safeguarding duties, as set out in the Children Act 1989. The provision of home education itself does not constitute a safeguarding risk, although a failure to p...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-05-11/476
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1313282
- uk · wq-1313282 · source updated 19 May 2021