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Children: Religion

Asked by Mark PritchardConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 13 May 2025UIN 49907

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill on faith communities.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell

The department has published its Equalities Impact Assessment for all measures of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, setting out impacts across protected characteristics including religion or belief. This can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childrens-wellbeing-and-schools-bill-impact-assessments.

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