Question follow-through · 63909
Primary Education: Curriculum
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support primary schools in teaching (a) manners, (b) personal responsibility, (c) basic self care and (d) other life skills alongside the national curriculum.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 8 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support primary schools in teaching (a) manners, (b) personal responsibility, (c) basic self care and (d) other life skills alongside the national curriculum.
2 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jul 2025
Answer published
Ensuring every child has the best start in life and the chance to achieve and to thrive are the foundation stones of the government’s Opportunity Mission. This government is committed to giving children the best start in life, breaking the link between ba...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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