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Wednesday 11th January 2017

(7 years, 3 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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My Lords, what is the Minister’s assessment of the reason why a significant proportion of Gypsy and Traveller children are home educated, and of the quality of that education?

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Again, we do not have any evidence that they are any more at risk than other children but we are considering this whole area of home education carefully.

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