Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 20945

Pupils: Allergies

Tabled: 18 December 2024
Answered: 6 January 2025

Question

Mark Pritchard

ConservativeThe Wrekin

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring schools to have mandatory allergy and anaphylaxis policies.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
Section 100 of the Children and Families Act 2014 places a duty on maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units to make arrangements for supporting pupils with medical conditions. The accompanying statutory guidance, ‘Supporting pupils with medi...

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