Question follow-through · 23399

Education: Democracy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on steps to increase democratic education.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
15 Jan 2025
Answer
21 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on steps to increase democratic education.

  2. 15 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    For secondary schools, democracy is currently taught through the national curriculum for citizenship at key stages 3 and 4, which covers parliamentary democracy, the key elements of the constitution of the United Kingdom, the power of government and how c...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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