Question follow-through · 65775
Drama: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure children have access to drama education in schools.
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
- 8 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2025 · 8 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
8 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure children have access to drama education in schools.
10 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jul 2025
Answer published
Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.Drama is included in the current English national curriculum, compulsory up to age 16 (key stages 1 to 4). At key stage 4, all pupils in maintained schools have an ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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