Question follow-through · 70111

Education: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of including a national enrichment guarantee in the enrichment framework.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
22 Jul 2025
Target answer date
1 Sept 2025
Answer
1 Sept 2025 · 41 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of including a national enrichment guarantee in the enrichment framework.

  2. 1 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 1 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The department, working closely with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, has committed to publishing a new enrichment framework by the end of 2025. The framework is being developed alongside a working group consisting of experts from schools, you...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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