Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has had discussions with relevant stakeholders on requiring schools in Wales to fly the St. David’s flag on St. David’s Day.

Education policy in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a matter for the devolved administrations. Therefore, arrangements regarding Saint David’s Day for schools in Wales would be a matter for the Welsh government.

Schools in England are free to display the national flag and it is a matter for individual schools to decide. Schools play an important role in preparing pupils for life in modern Britain, including supporting them to understand the society in which they grow up and develop their sense of British identity.