Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 31012
Performing Arts: Children and Young People
Tabled: 12 February 2025
Answered: 25 February 2025
Question
Stuart Andrew
Conservative — Daventry
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of safeguarding provisions in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill for young performers absent from school for work.
Answer
Stephen MorganThe existing legislation on child performance is already sufficient. Under S37 of the Children and Young Persons Act (1963), a licence must be obtained before children can take part in certain types of performance, both professional and amateur, and in pa...
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