Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to introduce compulsory paediatric first aid training for all nursery staff.

Paediatric first aid training is, and will remain, a statutory requirement for all providers regulated in England under the Childcare Act 2006. The requirements for early years providers, including nurseries are set out in the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). [1] Following the commitments I made in the debate on paediatric first aid, I am reviewing the requirements in EYFS and drafting new guidance on this matter.

[1] www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2