Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 85731

Extracurricular Activities: Vetting

Tabled: 28 October 2025
Answered: 5 November 2025

Question

Chris Evans

Labour (Co-op)Caerphilly

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the safeguarding risks posed by extracurricular activity providers who fall outside statutory safeguarding requirements.

Answer

Georgia Gould
The government is committed to safeguarding children across all education settings, including extracurricular providers outside the statutory education and childcare system, referred to as out-of-school settings (OOSS).All OOSS have a legal duty of care t...

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