Kate Green – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kate Green on 2015-11-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions have taken place with teaching unions on the application of the Prevent programme in schools.

Edward Timpson

The Department of Education consulted the teaching unions on the Prevent duty guidance which was published in March 2015 (see https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevent-duty-guidance) and officials have subsequently briefed union representatives both on the duty and on the Department’s role in implementing the Prevent strategy in education. The Department has worked particularly closely with the unions representing school leaders to support schools in meeting their responsibilities under the Prevent duty.

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