Question follow-through · 16525
Guardianship and Parents: Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to collate a national register of pupils with (a) parents and (b) primary carers in prison.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 27 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 29 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 4 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
27 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to collate a national register of pupils with (a) parents and (b) primary carers in prison.
29 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Dec 2024
Answer published
The department knows growing up with a parent or primary carer in prison can have a devastating impact on a child’s life chances. The government has a key mission to break down the barriers to opportunity for every child, which is why the department has c...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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