Question follow-through · 4552
Swimming: Curriculum
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered the potential merits of increasing the number of swimming lessons included as part of the national curriculum.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered the potential merits of increasing the number of swimming lessons included as part of the national curriculum.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jun 2026
Answer published
The PE national curriculum makes specific reference to swimming and water safety, stating that all primary pupils must learn to swim competently and confidently over a distance of at least 25 metres, use a range of strokes effectively and perform safe sel...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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