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Commons · Question 87602 · Tabled 3 Nov 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 11 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Vikki Slade

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds data on families with home-educated children who are unable to (a) secure a place in a GCSE examination centre and (b) afford exam entry fees.

Answer

Answered by Josh MacAlister, 11 Nov 2025

The department does not hold data on families with home educated children who are unable to secure a place in a GCSE examination centre or afford exam entry fees.The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will introduce the first ever duty on local authori...