PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Alternative Education (23 October 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the legal basis is for her Department's collection of data on pregnancy, health and mental health from January 2018 to inform the Alternative Provision Census.
Asked by:
Darren Jones (Labour)
Asked by:
Darren Jones (Labour)
Answer
The Education (Information About Children in Alternative Provision) (England) Regulations 2007, made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 537A and 537B of the Education Act 1996 provide the statutory basis for the collection of data about children in alternative provision.
Answered by:
Sir Robert Goodwill (Conservative)
30 October 2017
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