Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 112592

Extracurricular Activities: Vetting

Tabled: 11 February 2026

Answered: 24 February 2026

Question

Helen Grant

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of barriers to adopting a unified national safeguarding framework for extracurricular activities involving children; and if she will m

Answer

Josh MacAlister

This government is committed to safeguarding children and protecting them from harm across all extracurricular activities.These activities often take place within out-of-school settings, however, some are run directly by schools and, if so, the schools’ e...

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