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Recommendation 36
36
Deferred
Paragraph: 92
Current national-level data is not available to illustrate the scale of gaps in education for...
Recommendation
Current national-level data is not available to illustrate the scale of gaps in education for looked-after children. It should be a priority for the Department to ensure this data is collected and published, so that responsible parties can be held to account when looked-after children are missing education.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government acknowledges the need for more detailed data and will consider this as part of its wider work to develop an implementation strategy to the care review.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
Deferred
Accept in principle. The department recognises the need for more detailed data in terms of looked-after children who are missing education. This will be considered as part of our wider work to develop an implementation strategy to the care review.
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