Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 45153

Education: Restraint Techniques

Tabled: 8 April 2025

Answered: 23 April 2025

Named Day

Question

Tom Gordon

Liberal Democrat — Harrogate and Knaresborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will introduce a statutory definition of restraint in the context of education.

Answer

Stephen Morgan

The government recognises that the misuse of reasonable force and restrictive interventions can have a significant and long-lasting effect on pupils, staff members and parents.The department is currently consulting on revisions to the ‘Use of reasonable ...

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