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Gillian Keegan: DfE ‘committed’ to creating elective home education register

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The Department for Education is “definitely committed” to legislating on an elective home education (EHE) register for children missing from schools, the Education Secretary has said.
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan spoke to the education select committee. Picture: Parliament UK
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan spoke to the education select committee. Picture: Parliament UK

Gillian Keegan was asked for a “commitment” to the register, plans for which were initially confirmed by DfE in February, by Flick Drummond, MP for Meon Valley, at a meeting of the education select committee on Wednesday (7 December).

Keegan, who was appointed as Education Secretary in October, said: “We do definitely remain committed to legislating for children not on the school register and we will continue to work until we know that they are all receiving a safe and secure education.”

However, she added: “I can’t commit to a date or a time because there is a process you have to go through, and I don’t have full control over that, but it is as much of a commitment and a priority to me as it is to the committee.”

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