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Armed Forces: Children |
| Question ID: |
1786054 |
| UIN: |
HL5878 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
395 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Blunkett
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Lord Blunkett
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Armed Forces Covenant Legal Duty as it applies to schools; and whether they plan to update the school admissions code (1) to give priority to children of Service families, and (2) to pr |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-01 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
269 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answer text: |
The government has policies in place to support schools and local authorities to fulfil their duty to give due regard to the Armed Forces Covenant. This includes in specific areas of education provision, including school admissions.The school admissions c... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |