Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 2:11 pm on 4 October 2017.
Thank you for that response, Cabinet Secretary. You’ll probably be aware that in 2016-17, 16 and 17-year-olds made up around 3.33 per cent of households that were regarded as homeless in terms of the priority groups that we have, and, of course, we know that that age bracket is a very tough time because they’ve got exams, very often, falling in that period. Can I just ask you whether you’ve considered actually issuing guidance to local education authorities and indeed to schools on how to support people in those sorts of situations, because, clearly, they need some additional support, over and above that which is provided more generally to pupils in their classes, at that particular junction? So, I wonder whether you’ve considered issuing statutory guidance on this particular issue.