Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 68042
Politics and Government: Education
Tabled: 15 July 2025
Answered: 21 July 2025
Named DayQuestion
Will Stone
Labour — Swindon North
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase political education in the curriculum in the context of lowering the voting age to 16.
Answer
Catherine McKinnellDemocracy is currently taught through the national curriculum for citizenship at key stages 3 and 4, which covers parliamentary democracy, the key elements of the constitution of the United Kingdom, the power of government and how citizens and Parliament ...
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