Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 106668

Pre-school Education: Sleep

Tabled: 19 January 2026

Answered: 27 January 2026

Question

David Baines

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will consider the potential merits of making safer sleep training for early years staff mandatory.

Answer

Olivia Bailey

The early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework, which early years providers are required to follow, includes a requirement for babies to be placed down to sleep in line with the latest government safety guidance here: https://www.nhs.uk/condi...

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