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Alternative Education

Commons · Question 793 · Tabled 18 Jul 2024 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 26 Jul 2024

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to enable the state education system to provide alternative provision without recourse to the private sector.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 26 Jul 2024

The government is committed to meeting children's educational and social needs earlier, so that wherever possible they can remain in their mainstream school. Where alternative provision is required, it should be as part of a planned intervention delivered...