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Further Education: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve access to further education facilities for young people in rural areas.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
4 Dec 2024
Target answer date
6 Dec 2024
Answer
12 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve access to further education facilities for young people in rural areas.

  2. 6 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    This government is committed to driving economic growth and supporting opportunity for all. To help achieve these missions, we announced £300 million in the 2025/26 financial year for further education (FE) at the Autumn Budget 2024. We will set out how t...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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