Question follow-through · 89946
Swimming: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the number of children that are able to swim 25 metres confidently.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 11 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 13 Nov 2025 · 2 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
11 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the number of children that are able to swim 25 metres confidently.
13 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Nov 2025
Answer published
Swimming and water safety is a vital life skill, which is why it is a mandatory part of the primary PE National Curriculum.All schools must provide swimming instruction in either key stage 1 or 2. In particular, pupils should be taught to: swim competentl...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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