Elective home education and children missing education data collection: grant determination
What was announced
Letter giving local authorities notice of a grant to help with costs of data returns.
Key points, in the publisher's words
- Local authorities in England have a mandatory duty to return data on elective home education and children missing education to the Secretary of State for Education.
- The Department for Education ( DfE ) is providing a grant to help with the costs of complying with that duty.
- This letter sets out the amount, payment and grounds for determination.
Who and where
UK bodies of power
- Department for Education (UK government department) · more news
Where this sits in the 10 levels of power
Topics, as GOV.UK files them: Pupil wellbeing, behaviour and attendance, Children's health and welfare.
Receipt
- Original: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/elective-home-education-and-children-missing-education-data-collection-grant-determination
- Published 2026-11-02 10:00:01 UTC (first published 2024-10-04)
- Read by this site 2026-11-02 10:15:14 UTC from GOV.UK
- Saved copy: receipt 6595, with its SHA-256 fingerprint
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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