Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to mark the centenary of women getting the right to vote in 1918.

In the 2017 Autumn Budget, my Rt hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced £5 million for projects to mark the Centenary of the Representation of the People and Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 - which gave women the right to vote for the first time. This money will support a yearlong programme of activity, some of which will be directed towards young people. Planned projects being delivered by a range of government departments, including the Department for Education, include a resource pack for secondary schools, the creation of Democracy Ambassadors within the 13-16 age group and a resource pack for parliamentarians to use, to shape engagement on democracy with young people.