Question follow-through · 5028
Schools: Drinking Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring schools to provide easy access to free drinking water.
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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, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring schools to provide easy access to free drinking water.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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8 Jun 2026
Answer published
The department takes the health and wellbeing of both pupils and staff very seriously. All schools need to be safe, well-maintained, and compliant with all relevant regulations. This is the responsibility of those running our schools, which includes local...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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