Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many guidance updates for schools his Department has published in each of the last five years.

A database of publications by category can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/search/all?level_one_taxon=c58fdadd-7743-46d6-9629-90bb3ccc4ef0&order=most-viewed.

This database can be interrogated to identify specific guidance aimed at specific audiences, including education and training providers.

The database contains guidance that may have been updated on multiple occasions, for instance the guidance document ‘Actions for Schools during the coronavirus outbreak’ has been updated 42 times since it was first published in July 2020: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak.