Question follow-through · 91939

Oak National Academy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to limit access to Oak National Academy's government funded resources to the UK with the use of geo-blocking.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
18 Nov 2025
Target answer date
24 Nov 2025
Answer
24 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to limit access to Oak National Academy's government funded resources to the UK with the use of geo-blocking.

  2. 24 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The department is keeping the geo-restriction of Oak National Academy’s (Oak) resources under review. Oak does not promote or market its resources overseas.The department recently completed a new market impact assessment of Oak, which was published in Sep...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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