Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

My Lords, on 2 April this year in another place, my honourable friend Michael Gove asked the then Minister, Jim Knight, ""what percentage of (a) girls and (b) boys are receiving home schooling in each local authority area, broken down by ethnic group"." The Minister answered: ""The information requested is not collected centrally".—[Official Report, Commons, 2/4/09; 1342W.]" I understand that this is the case at the moment. Does the Minister consider that it might be useful to have a clearer picture of how much schooling occurs in this country? Moreover, might it not be useful and relevant in formulating the structure of education in this country to know who favours home schooling and what their reasons are for it? I will listen to the Minister’s response with great interest.