Alternative Education
(asked on 23rd October 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the legal basis is for her Department's collection of data on pregnancy, health and mental health from January 2018 to inform the Alternative Provision Census.
This question was answered on 30th October 2017
The Education (Information About Children in Alternative Provision) (England) Regulations 2007, made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 537A and 537B of the Education Act 1996 provide the statutory basis for the collection of data about children in alternative provision.