Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's news story entitled Education to play a vital role in building belonging in divided communities, published on 9 September 2026, what assessment her Department has made of whether the proposed framework duplicates existing guidance and policies concerning equality, safeguarding, freedom of speech and student welfare.

The Community Cohesion Framework is not intended to create new statutory requirements or duplicate existing duties. Instead, it will help bring together established good practice and provide a coherent, practical approach to supporting community cohesion in higher and further education settings, alongside existing arrangements relating to equality, safeguarding, freedom of speech and student welfare.