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...