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1129750

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) weekday evenings, (b) Saturdays and (c) Sundays are classified as normal school hours for the purposes of the Government's consultation entitled Children not in school: proposed legislation, launched on 2 April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	259857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>​The purpose of the proposed register is to enable local authorities to track the main daytime weekday educational settings for children in scope, and to take action if it appears that a suitable education is not being received in usual school hours. This purpose would not be served by bringing into coverage the register activities carried on in places or at times not relevant to determining suitability, or by including places which are simply hosting educational visits rather than providing tuition and it is not our intention to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Issues such as the definition of usual school hours, and what is a relevant setting for the purposes of providing local authorities with information about children on the proposed register of children not in school, will be considered based on responses received to the consultation, which closes on 24 June. Implementation issues such as these are an important part of the consultation, information for which is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/children-not-in-school" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/children-not-in-school</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 259858 259859 question first answered 13/06/2019 16:43:33 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 122404 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1129751

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) morning prayer meetings, (b) afternoon bible studies and (c) evening youth group meetings are included in the scope of education settings for the purposes of the Government's consultation entitled Children not in school: proposed legislation, launched on 2 April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	259858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>​The purpose of the proposed register is to enable local authorities to track the main daytime weekday educational settings for children in scope, and to take action if it appears that a suitable education is not being received in usual school hours. This purpose would not be served by bringing into coverage the register activities carried on in places or at times not relevant to determining suitability, or by including places which are simply hosting educational visits rather than providing tuition and it is not our intention to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Issues such as the definition of usual school hours, and what is a relevant setting for the purposes of providing local authorities with information about children on the proposed register of children not in school, will be considered based on responses received to the consultation, which closes on 24 June. Implementation issues such as these are an important part of the consultation, information for which is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/children-not-in-school" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/children-not-in-school</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 259857 259859 question first answered 13/06/2019 16:43:33 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 122403 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1121887

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to pages 16 and 17 of the document entitled, Elective Home Education: Call for Evidence 2018 Government consultation response, what progress his Department has made on (a) providing clearer guidance to (i) schools and (ii) local authorities on (A) how to operate and (B) the effect of flexi-schooling arrangements and (b) establishing a separate code of practice to ensure that schools are not penalised as a result of the absence of flexi-schooled pupils.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	245991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The department’s revised guidance for local authorities on elective home education published on 2 April 2019 can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/elective-home-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/elective-home-education</a>.</p><p>This document can be used by schools and contains guidance on flexi-schooling at pages 34-35. The guidance makes clear that schools are free to agree to flexi-schooling arrangements and need not suffer any disadvantage in doing so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 30/04/2019 15:46:52 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1051327

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of children who are being home educated after leaving school due to bullying.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	214620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>​Information on the number of children being educated at home, and the reasons for their being so educated, is not held centrally.</p><p>​In 2018, the department held a consultation and call for evidence on home education to gain more information about home education in England. The government’s response to this will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 06/02/2019 17:35:54 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

1028629

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish the results of the consultation on draft guidance for elective home education; and how many submissions were received for that consultation.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	203979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The government response document resulted from the consultation on elective home education, which ended on 2 July 2018. This document along with the finalised guidance documents will be published soon.</p><p>The number of responses received to the consultation were as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Type of response</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of responses</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Online</p></td><td><p>2987</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Email</p></td><td><p>274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hard Copy</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 07/01/2019 13:27:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1007782

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish the results of the consultation on draft guidance for elective home education.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	191968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The responses received to the consultation, which closed on 2 July, are still being considered. When this process has been completed the finalised version of the guidance documents for local authorities and for parents will be published on the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 20/11/2018 16:08:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1007862

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the link between the number of pupils that are home schooled and the number of school exclusions.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	191919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. The department does not hold information on the number of children who are home educated. It is not possible to make any overall assessment of the number of children who are educated at home and of those, the number who have been excluded from school.</p><p> </p><p>Parents have a right to educate their child at home. That choice should be one made freely by the parent, without pressure from a school whether by exclusion or other means.</p><p> </p><p>Head teachers can only exclude pupils, either permanently or for a fixed period, for disciplinary reasons. The process that head teachers must follow is set out in statutory guidance, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-exclusion" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-exclusion</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Data on fixed period and permanent exclusion decisions is published annually and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 20/11/2018 10:06:52 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

997132

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timetable is for the next steps of his Department's consultation on home education.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	184893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The responses received to the consultation are still being considered. When this process has been completed, the department will publish the finalised version of guidance on current arrangements for home education. We will also publish a formal government response document setting out the proposed next steps in relation to matters covered by the call for evidence.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 01/11/2018 17:12:20 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

992732

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the consultation, Home Education - Call for Evidence and revised DfE guidance, what plans her Department has to consult the with home education community in the development of guidelines for home education.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	182144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>The consultation referred to, which ran from 10 April 2018 to 2 July 2018, included draft guidance on elective home education which is intended to replace that currently published by the department. It was open to any member of the public, including parents educating their children at home, and the responses received are currently being considered before the new guidance document is published in its final form.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 25/10/2018 16:19:12 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

987821

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish a response to his Department's call for evidence on home education.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	179207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The call for evidence closed on 2 July 2018 and responses are still being analysed. A formal government response document will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 18/10/2018 15:08:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds