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Outdoor Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of (a) outdoor learning and (b) horticultural education on the development of (i) children and (ii) young people.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
17 Apr 2025
Target answer date
23 Apr 2025
Answer
29 Apr 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of (a) outdoor learning and (b) horticultural education on the development of (i) children and (ii) young people.

  2. 23 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The department has not undertaken a specific assessment on the potential impact of outdoor learning and horticultural education on the development of children and young people.However, access to green space has been shown to have positive impacts on the p...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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