Question follow-through · 4573

Children in Care: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve educational outcomes for (a) children in social care and (b) other care-experienced young people.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
6 Sept 2024
Target answer date
10 Sept 2024
Answer
16 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve educational outcomes for (a) children in social care and (b) other care-experienced young people.

  2. 10 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    This government will champion the ambitions of all children and ensure that background is not a barrier to success. In the department’s Children’s Wellbeing Bill, we will set out our plans to raise standards for all children in social care and will ensure...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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