Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 126946

Pupils: Health

Tabled: 13 April 2026
Answered: 21 April 2026

Question

Mr Will Forster

Liberal DemocratWoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered expanding statutory guidance for schools on supporting children and young people with medical conditions to all school types.

Answer

Georgia Gould
The statutory guidance, ‘Supporting pupils at school with medical conditions’, is issued under section 100 of the Children and Families Act 2014. This requires local authority-maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units to make arrangements for...

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