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Nurseries: Surveillance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of requiring nurseries to use monitoring or recording equipment, including cameras; and whether her Department has issued guidance to early years

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
24 Mar 2026
Target answer date
26 Mar 2026
Answer
7 Apr 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of requiring nurseries to use monitoring or recording equipment, including cameras; and whether her Department has issued guidance to early years

  2. 26 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The ‘Early years foundation stage’ statutory framework sets the standards and requirements early years providers must meet to ensure that children have the best start in life and are kept healthy and safe. Providers are required to have safeguarding polic...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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