Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils will be home educated in September 2020 compared to September 2019 (a) nationally and (b) in York.
The information requested is not held by the Department.
Local authorities have a duty to check electively home educated children are in receipt of a suitable education. Individual local authorities may hold data on the number of children they know to be electively home educated within the authority area.