Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 94255

Political Impartiality: Education

Tabled: 25 November 2025

Answered: 3 December 2025

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op) — Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the provision of non-partisan political and democratic education in schools prior to the introduction of the forthcoming Elections Bill.

Answer

Georgia Gould

Teaching about democracy and elections already forms a central part of the secondary national curriculum for citizenship and can be taught as a non-statutory topic in primary schools.Education is a vital part of implementing the government's commitment to...

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