Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish at local authority level the annual information obtained through SEN2, regarding (1) the number of children entering home education with an education, health and care plan (EHCP), and (2) the number of children home educated on census date with an EHCP, subject to the needs of confidentiality for very low numbers.

There is currently no intention to publish this data at a local authority level.

The department does not collect information on the number of children entering home education with an education, health and care plan (EHCP).

The department does collect the number of pupils with a statement of special educational needs or EHCP and the number of pupils for whom an EHCP has been made for the first time during the calendar year, where arrangements have been made by parents in accordance with Section 7 of the Education Act 1996. This data is currently published at a national level and is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2017.