Question follow-through · 70904
Prisoners: Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the proposed timeline for implementing a system to identify children with a parent in prison.
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
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 5 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the proposed timeline for implementing a system to identify children with a parent in prison.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Sept 2025
Answer published
Departmental officials continue to work closely with their counterparts at the Ministry of Justice to deliver the manifesto commitment to identify children affected by parental imprisonment as swiftly as possible, to help ensure that they get the support ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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