Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 85733
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, whether her Department plans to take legislative steps to put safeguarding in extracurricular settings on the same statutory footing as (a) schools and (b) statutory services.
Answer
Georgia GouldThe 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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