Question follow-through · 19250
Children: Swimming
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is her Department taking to ensure that children understand the potential danger of open water swimming.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 15 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2026 · 51 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is her Department taking to ensure that children understand the potential danger of open water swimming.
1 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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4 Sept 2026
Answer published
The PE national curriculum requires all primary pupils to be taught to swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres, use a range of strokes effectively, and perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situatio...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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