Question follow-through · 48608

Nurseries: CCTV

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making the (a) installation and (b) use of CCTV recordings in private nurseries a formal requirement for Ofsted inspections.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
30 Apr 2025
Answer
6 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making the (a) installation and (b) use of CCTV recordings in private nurseries a formal requirement for Ofsted inspections.

  2. 30 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 6 May 2025

    Answer published

    The department’s priority is to grow high-quality, affordable and flexible education and care for children whilst ensuring their safety, giving every child the best start to life and delivering on our Plan for Change. For this reason, we continually monit...

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