Children: Social Services
Commons · Question 120093 · Tabled 11 Mar 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Pippa Heylings
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that home-visit requirements under the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill are applied proportionately, particularly in cases where families have no prior history
Answer
Answered by Josh MacAlister, 23 Mar 2026
The power for local authorities to request to visit a child in their home is intended to help the authority decide whether education is suitable for the child or, in the case of children subject to child protection processes, that it is in the best intere...