Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with the Department of Health and Social Care to raise awareness of diabetes distress amongst pastoral staff in schools.

Section 100 of the Children and Families Act 2014 places a duty on maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units to make arrangements for supporting pupils with medical conditions. In doing so, schools must have regard to the 'supporting pupils with medical conditions at school' statutory guidance, which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions--3.

The governing body should ensure that sufficient staff have received suitable training and are competent before they take on responsibility to support children with medical conditions. They should also ensure that any members of school staff who provide support to pupils with medical conditions are able to access information and other teaching support materials as needed. This includes non-teaching staff such as pastoral staff.