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Commons · Question 14649 · Tabled 18 Nov 2024 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 26 Nov 2024

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Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s statistics entitled Academic year 2023/24: Elective home education, published on 29 February 2024, if she will take steps to ensure that children remain in mainstream educatio

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Answered by Stephen Morgan, 26 Nov 2024

All parents have a legal responsibility to ensure their child receives a suitable, full-time education and they have the right to choose how their child receives that education. For example, by attendance at school or by home educating them.The number of ...