Question follow-through · 7663
Students: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the readiness of students to enter the workforce.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 7 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 15 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the readiness of students to enter the workforce.
9 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Oct 2024
Answer published
The department wants to expand access to high quality careers advice and work experience, helping to break down the barriers to opportunity and boosting economic growth. This government recognises that work readiness is a key part of school life. The depa...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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