Home Education: Regulation
Commons · Question 121322 · Tabled 17 Mar 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what new oversight measures she plans to introduce in relation to home schooling as referenced in the Statement of 9 March 2026; whether local authorities will be granted additional statutory powers to register
Answer
Answered by Josh MacAlister, 23 Mar 2026
The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will require local authorities to maintain registers of children who are not in school, including home-educated children, and require parents of eligible children to give information for these registers. This will...