Question follow-through · 81796

Cooperatives: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that young people are taught about co-operatives as part of the national curriculum.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
20 Oct 2025
Answer
4 Nov 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that young people are taught about co-operatives as part of the national curriculum.

  2. 20 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    ​​A high quality citizenship education helps to provide pupils with the knowledge, skills and understanding to prepare them to play a full and active part in society. The citizenship curriculum is compulsory within the national curriculum at secondary and...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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