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Undocumented Migrants: Education

Commons · Question 84807 · Tabled 23 Oct 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 3 Nov 2025

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Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to schools on obtaining parental consent before children participate in classroom sessions involving external speakers discussing their personal experiences of (a) irregula

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Answered by Georgia Gould, 3 Nov 2025

Under sections 406 and 407 of the Equality Act 1996, schools must not promote partisan political views and should ensure that pupils are provided with a balanced treatment of political issues.To support this, the department has published comprehensive gui...