United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 33997
Schools: Equality
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26 February 2025
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22 March 2025 · Answer
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22 March 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a public inquiry into the policy of so-called educationally subnormal schools in the 1960s and 1970s and (a) the number and proportion
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26 February 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a public inquiry into the policy of so-called educationally subnormal schools in the 1960s and 1970s and (a) the number and proportion
Source: Commons
22 March 2025
Answer
The department does not currently plan to establish a public inquiry into the policy framework surrounding placement of children in schools for the so-called “educationally subnormal” in the 1960s and 1970s, but is keen to ensure that the mistakes made in...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-02-26/33997
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1778865
- uk · wq-1778865 · source updated 22 March 2025