Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that citizenship is treated equally with other statutory national curriculum subjects in Ofsted's inspection framework, and that Ofsted inspections and public reporting reflect schools' statutory obligations to delivery citizenship education.

This is a matter for His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver. I have asked him to write to my noble Friend directly and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.