| Heading: |
Geology: Secondary Education |
| Question ID: |
1805789 |
| UIN: |
54541 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5302 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Noah Law
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Noah Law
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including geology in the Key Stage 3 curriculum, in the context of the Critical Minerals Strategy. |
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true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-05 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4125 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Catherine McKinnell
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| Answering Member handle: |
CMcKinnellMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@CMcKinnellMP
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| Answer text: |
The national curriculum in England provides a broad framework within which schools have the flexibility to develop the content of their own curricula. Topics related to geology can be taught within the geography and science curricula.The government has es... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |