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Education: Restraint Techniques

Commons · Question 45153 · Tabled 8 Apr 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 23 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Tom Gordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will introduce a statutory definition of restraint in the context of education.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Morgan, 23 Apr 2025

​The government recognises that the misuse of reasonable force and restrictive interventions can have a significant and long-lasting effect on pupils, staff members and parents.The department is currently consulting on revisions to the ‘Use of reasonable ...