questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Future of news is local, says Culture Secretary, as she launches the first action plan to back local news in a generation, published on 17 March 2026, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of safeguarding measures in schools with regard to whether they adequately protect pupils participating in the school newspaper initiative from potential consequences such as long-term social and reputational harm to the author.
answerText: The Government is committed to ensuring a healthy and plural local media for the benefit of communities and citizens across the UK, and recognises the vital role that local press plays in scrutinising local institutions, and reflecting communities’ views ...
heading: Local Press: Schools