Question follow-through · 53098
After School Clubs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what enforcement powers Ofsted has for after-school clubs.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 19 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2025
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
19 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what enforcement powers Ofsted has for after-school clubs.
21 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jun 2025
Answer published
Ofsted’s enforcement powers are set out in the Childcare Act 2006. The law gives Ofsted a range of powers to deal with persons providing childcare without appropriate registration and registered providers that fail to meet the legal requirements for early...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Schools: Hampshire
15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools with increases in the number of in-year admissions in Hampshire.
Education: Disadvantaged
15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review the effectiveness of the national funding education formula in reflecting socioeconomic disparities within counties.
Schools: Hampshire
15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department is providing to schools in Hampshire schools with (a) increased class sizes and (b) reduced staffing levels due to budget constraints.
Schools: Curriculum
15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has issued guidance to schools that have amended their subject curricula due to staff shortages.
Science: Teachers
15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help reduce the shortage of science teachers in Hampshire; and what support is available for schools relying on supply staff.
Teachers: Training
15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department provides to schools that host PGCE students; and what assessment she has made of the contribution of this to teacher recruitment and retention in Hampshire.
Higher Education: Freedom of Speech
12 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support university (a) staff and (b) students who raise concerns about breaches of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023.
Higher Education: Freedom of Speech
12 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many whistleblowing complaints relating to (a) free speech, (b) academic freedom and (c) political discrimination have been reported to her Department since 2020.
Teachers: Disclosure of Information
12 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to strengthen whistleblowing protections for teachers who raise concerns about safeguarding, political indoctrination or unlawful gender-related practices in schools.
Further Education: Finance
10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in funding for 16 to 19 education in 2026-27 on the financial sustainability of further education colleges.
Further Education: Finance
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Further Education: Finance
10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review the lagged funding model for 16–19 provision, in the context of trends in the level of demographic growth and the inability of further education colleges to receive full in-year fund