Question follow-through · 105381
Children: Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the national safeguarding guidelines for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 13 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 21 Jan 2026 · 8 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
13 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the national safeguarding guidelines for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.
15 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jan 2026
Answer published
Schools and colleges have a critical role to play in protecting children and keeping them safe. The department publishes statutory safeguarding guidance Keeping children safe in education (KCSIE) which all schools and colleges must have regard to when car...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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