Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of home educated children with SEND in Poole constituency.

The department does not hold information on the number of home-educated children at constituency level.

The latest statistics on elective home education (EHE) in England are available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/elective-home-education/2024-25-autumn-term.

For the 2024/25 autumn term,16% of EHE children were recorded as receiving special educational needs support, whilst 6% of EHE children had an education, health and care plan. This compares with 14% and 5% of the overall school population.