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Child Rearing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's policy paper Giving every child the best start in life strategy, published on 7 July 2025, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that parenting support delivered as pa

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
3 Oct 2025 · 35 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's policy paper Giving every child the best start in life strategy, published on 7 July 2025, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that parenting support delivered as pa

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    As part of the ‘Giving every child the best start in life’ strategy, the department is investing in evidence-based parenting and home learning environment (HLE) interventions delivered through Best Start Family Hubs. These programmes are designed to suppo...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Truancy: Prosecutions

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Truancy: Prosecutions

24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to help to minimise the potential impact on mothers who are prosecuted for their child’s truancy from school.

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1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to publish an annual assessment of care leavers' experiences of education, training and employment destinations, housing status and criminal justice involvement.

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Covid-19 Inquiry

1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to implement Recommendation 7 in the Module 2 Report of the Covid-19 Inquiry, published on 20 November 2025.

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Religion: Education

1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department provides guidance to schools to use religious education to promote respect, tolerance, and community cohesion.

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Religion: Curriculum

1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to engage with the (a) National Association of Teachers of Religious Education and (b) Religious Education Council on the RE curriculum.

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Teachers: Training

1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason initial teacher training bursaries have been withdrawn for (a) Music, (b) Art & Design and (c) Religious Education for the 2026–27 financial year.

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Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders

1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to ensure that Initial Teacher Training equips new teachers to deliver adaptive teaching for children with speech and language challenges.