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Offences against Children: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) guidance and (b) training is provided to (i) teachers and (ii) school staff to help ensure they are (A) confident and (B) equipped to (1) educate pupils about online grooming and (2) respond appropriat

answeredDepartment for Education

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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

  1. 2 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) guidance and (b) training is provided to (i) teachers and (ii) school staff to help ensure they are (A) confident and (B) equipped to (1) educate pupils about online grooming and (2) respond appropriat

  2. 4 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 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...

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Children in Care: Gender

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Offences against Children: Surrey

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Adoption

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Adoption

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Adoption

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Adoption

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Adoption

19 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds data on the age of adopters in cases where children are adopted from care; and whether that data can be cross-tabulated with the age of the child at adoption and the sex composition

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Adoption: LGBT+ People

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