Question follow-through · 110548
Children's Play: School Day
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the University of Manchester article entitled The right to play: making play a policy and practice priority, what steps her Department is taking to safeguard (a) break and (b) lunchtimes in sc
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 3 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 5 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 12 Feb 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the University of Manchester article entitled The right to play: making play a policy and practice priority, what steps her Department is taking to safeguard (a) break and (b) lunchtimes in sc
5 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Feb 2026
Answer published
Play is an essential part of children’s physical, social and cognitive development, as recognised in the ‘early years foundation stage’ statutory framework. It is for schools, governing bodies and academy trusts to ensure the school day includes opportuni...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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