Written question asked by Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour) on Friday, 21 October 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Friday, 4 November 2016. It was answered by Lord Nash (Conservative) on Friday, 4 November 2016 on behalf of the Department for Education.
Pupils: Nationality
- Question
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To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 12 October (HL Deb, col 1889–90), whether schools are required, as part of the school census, to provide information on pupils' nationality, and whether schools will suffer any adverse consequences if they fail to do so.
- Answer
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The Department for Education publishes guidance for schools on administering the school census. As stated in the guidance (section 5.3.5) the requested information on nationality is as declared by the parent or guardian. The parent or guardian may decline to provide this information to the school without consequences. In such a case, the school would record this as ‘refused’ to meet its statutory duty to make a return.
The guidance is available on the Government’s website, www.gov.uk, by searching for ‘School census 2016 to 2017: guide for schools and LAs’.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- HL2514
- Session
- 2016-17
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- Subjects
- Disclosure of information Census Pupils Nationality Schools
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