Question follow-through · 6518
Students: Young Carers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the eligibility criteria for students in vulnerable groups in the 16 to 19 bursary fund to include young carers.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the eligibility criteria for students in vulnerable groups in the 16 to 19 bursary fund to include young carers.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2024
Answer published
The department believes it is very important to make sure young carers can participate in education and get the support they need. This support will vary depending on family circumstances.The ‘defined vulnerable groups’ face specific issues that mean they...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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