Pupil Numbers

(asked on 2nd February 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will introduce a national register of children of school age who do not have access to a school place as a result of (a) exclusion, (b) moving to a new local authority area and (c) lack of appropriate local provision; and if he will publish those statistics on an annual basis by (i) length of time without a placement, (ii) age group and (iii) whether those children have identified special education needs.


Answered by
Nick Gibb Portrait
Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 10th February 2021

In the spring of 2019, a consultation was held on proposals for a mandatory register of children not attending state or registered independent schools to help local authorities carry out their responsibilities in relation to children not in school.

The consultation sought views on a range of questions linked to the implementation of a system of registration, including what data it would be appropriate to collect. The consultation closed in June of 2019. Responses to the consultation have been considered and further details will be set out in a formal Government response document, expected later this year.

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