Children: Social Services
Commons · Question 120094 · 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 evidence base underpins the proposal that a family's refusal of a home visit may lead a local authority to consider issuing a School Attendance Order under the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
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...