Question follow-through · 35562

Drugs: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure drug education is delivered effectively in private schools.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
4 Mar 2025
Target answer date
7 Mar 2025
Answer
7 Mar 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure drug education is delivered effectively in private schools.

  2. 7 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Independent schools have a statutory duty to teach personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education, under the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014.Independent schools have discretion over how they teach health education, but th...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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