To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether he has conducted an impact assessment of proposals for annual registration of home-educated children; and if he will make a statement. (308174)

An Impact Assessment of the proposals for a registration and monitoring scheme for home-educated children was published on 19 November 2009 on the Department’s website:

www.dcsf.gov.uk/childrenschoolsandfamiliesbill/

alongside the Children, Schools and Families Bill.

We will be revisiting the Home Education Impact Assessment over the coming weeks to take into account comments we have received from the DCSF Select Committee, the Local Government Association and others on the proposed costs and we will publish an updated version in the new year in line with the usual requirements for the passage of the Bill.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children have been recorded as harmed by their parents in the home-educated environment in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. (308175)

The Department does not collect this information.