Performing Arts: Children

(asked on 1st September 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration she has given to regulating smaller amateur theatre and arts groups under a separate class under the Child Performance Regulations.


Answered by
Edward Timpson Portrait
Edward Timpson
This question was answered on 4th September 2014

The child performance licensing system is designed to provide a check that suitable arrangements are made to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children when they take part in performances, and that their education does not suffer when they do. This principle applies regardless of whether the performances are put on by amateur or professional organisations.

We therefore have no plans to introduce differential licensing arrangements for different types or sizes of organisation. We are, however, planning to remove some unnecessary and outdated restrictions and have recently consulted on other options to improve flexibility, but without reducing any of the important safeguards. We expect the resulting changes to benefit all types of organisation involved in child performances and, of course, the children themselves.

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