Question follow-through · 59750
Health Services: Children's Play
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that NHS England's guidance entitled Play well – resources for health play services for England, published on 2 June 2025, is policy across the NHS.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that NHS England's guidance entitled Play well – resources for health play services for England, published on 2 June 2025, is policy across the NHS.
17 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jun 2025
Answer published
We recognise the importance of supporting and maintaining children’s right to play, as games and active play in all settings build social skills and support children’s well-being.To ensure that children’s right to play is maintained and supported in healt...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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