Question follow-through · 64651
Offences against Children: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve online safety education in schools to help children (a) recognise and (b) respond to online grooming.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 2 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve online safety education in schools to help children (a) recognise and (b) respond to online grooming.
4 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jul 2025
Answer published
As part of statutory relationships and health education in primary schools and relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) in secondary schools, pupils are taught about online safety and harms. The statutory guidance emphasises that schools should be a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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