Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the statement made by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education, HL Deb 24 January 2022, vol 827, col 216 that her Department will send all schools a letter instructing them to show parents who request it the material their children are being taught, when she expects to send that letter.

The Department believes that the majority of schools use high quality, appropriate resources and engage with parents openly and transparently on what they plan to use.

The Department has been made aware of cases where this may not be the case. The Department will write to all schools to clarify how materials can be shared to enable schools to engage with parents. The Department will provide a specific date for the publication of this letter shortly.