Question follow-through · 117165
Schools: Recreation Spaces
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to research from The University of Manchester entitled The right to play: making play a policy and practice priority, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that all schools have access to
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 2 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 5 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 24 Mar 2026 · 22 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to research from The University of Manchester entitled The right to play: making play a policy and practice priority, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that all schools have access to
5 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Mar 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. All education settings, from early years to further education, can register with the National Educat...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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