Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with the publishers of educational resources on the matter of commercial content licensing.

The Secretary of State for Education has not had any discussions with the publishers of educational resources on the matter of commercial content licensing.

Oak National Academy has been discussing third party content for its curriculum resources with publishers and other rights holders. The Department wants to support these discussions and has made contact with relevant publishers to this end, in order to support Oak’s aims to reduce teacher workload and improve pupil outcomes.