Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the consultation, Home Education - Call for Evidence and revised DfE guidance, what plans her Department has to consult the with home education community in the development of guidelines for home education.

The consultation referred to, which ran from 10 April 2018 to 2 July 2018, included draft guidance on elective home education which is intended to replace that currently published by the department. It was open to any member of the public, including parents educating their children at home, and the responses received are currently being considered before the new guidance document is published in its final form.