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Pre-school Education: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the absence of a formal central email channel for early years foundation stage updates for early years settings on the safety of children in those s

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
13 Oct 2025
Answer
14 Oct 2025 · 29 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the absence of a formal central email channel for early years foundation stage updates for early years settings on the safety of children in those s

  2. 13 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    When changes are made to the early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework, the department ensures that there is a programme of communications and engagement with the sector to ensure they understand the changes being made. This includes emails ...

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Pre-school Education: Sleep

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Pre-school Education: Training

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Nurseries: Finance

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Care Leavers: Equality

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Care Leavers: Equality

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Children in Care and Care Leavers: Equality

28 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of making care experience a protected characteristic on (a) inequities and (b) levels of discrimination against (i) children in care and (ii) care leavers.

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Health Services and Social Services: Vocational Education

17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of removing the BTEC Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care on students who do not meet the entry requirements for A Levels or T Levels.