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 ...