Home Education and Abuse - Statistics

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Dear Ms Dale

The following information is supplied in response to your recent
information request.

Question A. The number of persons currently in the local authority
of compulsory school age who are, or claimed to be, electively home
educated and who have been either suspected or found to be involved
in child abuse, neglect, forced marriage, sexual exploitation or domestic
servitude.

Response None

Question B. How many (if any) Serious Case Reviews or Joint Area
Reviews have reported with respect to home educated children in the LA in
the last three years.

Response None

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Paul Hope
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Children's Services
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