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Written question asked by Andrew Gwynne (Labour) on Wednesday, 28 February 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 March 2018. It was answered by Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) on Friday, 9 March 2018 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Childline: Finance

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations his Department has received on funding for the NSPCC's Childline.

Answer

The department regularly receives representations from parliamentarians and voluntary sector organisations, as well as media enquiries about the importance of ChildLine.

On 22 January 2018, NSPCC launched the “Are You There?” campaign asking the government to increase funding to ChildLine in response to the publication of ‘Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision’ in December 2017.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
130467
Session
2017-19
Related items
Childline
Tuesday, 20 March 2018
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Finance Childline
Link
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