Question follow-through · 6831

Private Education: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will support the independent sector to maintain places for (a) vulnerable and (b) disadvantaged children who have difficulties settling in large state schools.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body: Department for Education
Tabled: 4 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 8 Oct 2024
Answer: 17 Oct 2024 · 13 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 support the independent sector to maintain places for (a) vulnerable and (b) disadvantaged children who have difficulties settling in large state schools.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Oct 2024
Answer published
State education is accessible to all children, regardless of their financial status. All children of compulsory school age are entitled to a state-funded school place. The department works to support local authorities to ensure that every local area has s...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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