Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 45154

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 duty on all educational settings to record and report each incident of physical restraint to parents and relevant authorities.

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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