Written questions

Children: Domestic Abuse

Commons · Question 36778 · Tabled 10 Mar 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 7 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average length of time was for children fleeing domestic abuse to be allocated a school place in the latest period for which data is available.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 7 Apr 2025

Children living in a refuge are, among a number of other categories of vulnerable and hard-to-place children, eligible for consideration under the fair access protocol. Where a child is referred to the protocol, they must be allocated a school place withi...