Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had discussions with representatives of Hackney-based secondary schools on student protection and welfare.

My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, has not had discussions with representatives of Hackney based secondary schools on student protection and welfare.

Department officials have recently met with representatives of Hackney local authority and have been advised of the local authorities’ intention to disseminate safeguarding guidance about searches and protocols to all schools.