| Heading: |
Swimming: Primary Education |
| Question ID: |
1809516 |
| UIN: |
57496 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-04 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5138 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Ian Roome
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| Asking Member handle: |
IanRoomeMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@IanRoomeMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the number of schools which do not meet their statutory duty to teach swimming and water safety during (a) Key Stage 1 and (b) Key Stage 2. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-13 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4125 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Catherine McKinnell
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| Answering Member handle: |
CMcKinnellMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@CMcKinnellMP
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| Answer text: |
Swimming and water safety lessons are compulsory at key stage 1 and 2 in the physical education (PE) national curriculum. Swimming and water safety are vital life skills, and every child should have the opportunity to learn to swim and know how to keep th... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |