Question follow-through · 9253
Pupils: Bullying
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of trends in the level of bullying in schools based on (a) perceived differences and (b) protected characteristics.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 15 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 17 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 22 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of trends in the level of bullying in schools based on (a) perceived differences and (b) protected characteristics.
17 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Oct 2024
Answer published
There is no legal requirement for schools to record and report incidents of bullying to the government. However, the department does monitor evidence on the impact of bullying on children and young people through robust national surveys. According to the ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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