Question follow-through · 11707
Children and Young People: Pastoral Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of pastoral support for (a) children and (b) young people.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 29 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 31 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 5 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of pastoral support for (a) children and (b) young people.
31 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Nov 2024
Answer published
Schools and colleges are best placed to decide what pastoral support to put in place to meet the needs of their pupils. Pastoral support should promote good mental wellbeing and respond to emerging issues. There is a range of support available to schools,...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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