Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding in the report by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, The residential schools investigation, that children in residential special schools are particularly vulnerable because their communication needs may impact on their ability to tell people about sexually abusive behaviours.

We welcome the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse’s report on residential schools, published on 1 March 2022. We will carefully consider the Inquiry’s recommendations and will respond within the Inquiry’s deadline of 6 months.