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Children: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to include (a) schools and (b) educational agencies in local arrangements for safeguarding.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
20 Jan 2025
Target answer date
22 Jan 2025
Answer
28 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to include (a) schools and (b) educational agencies in local arrangements for safeguarding.

  2. 22 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The involvement of education and childcare agencies is fundamental at all levels of safeguarding arrangements. The department knows that teachers and educators are often the first to spot warning signs of abuse and neglect and are the largest referrer of ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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