Question follow-through · 92834
Schools: Weather
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure school closures due to extreme weather do not affect educational outcomes.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 19 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 28 Nov 2025 · 9 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
19 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure school closures due to extreme weather do not affect educational outcomes.
25 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Nov 2025
Answer published
It is for individual settings and responsible bodies to decide on closures based on their own risk assessment. Closures should be a last resort, and the priority is to keep settings open where safe. The department’s guidance for schools includes informati...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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