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Religion: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national plan for religious education.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
30 Jan 2025
Target answer date
4 Feb 2025
Answer
4 Feb 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national plan for religious education.

  2. 4 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Religious education (RE) is an important subject that should provide pupils with an opportunity to learn about a wide range of religious and non-religious beliefs. RE should help pupils to better understand the values and traditions of different religious...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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