Written questions

Pupils: Personal Records

Lords · Question HL2698 · Tabled 20 Nov 2024 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 4 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Lord Browne of Belmont

To ask His Majesty's Government which specific items of personal data pupils and parents may object to being collected in the school census, and by what process they may do so.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern, 4 Dec 2024

Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.The provision of information about individual pupils to the department is a statutory requirement on schools in England under section 537A of the Education Act 1996...