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Recommendation 37
37
Deferred
Paragraph: 94
The Department must make it a priority to collect and publish national data on how...
Recommendation
The Department must make it a priority to collect and publish national data on how often school places are not being provided within the statutory 20 school days timeframe for looked-after children under an emergency care order. The lack of data means there is currently no visibility into the scale of the issue.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government recognizes the need for more detailed data on looked-after children who are missing education and states that this will be considered as part of their wider work to develop an implementation strategy to the care review.
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Government Response
Deferred
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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