Question follow-through · 19905
Higher Education: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reintroducing maintenance grants on widening access to higher education.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 12 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 16 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 20 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reintroducing maintenance grants on widening access to higher education.
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Dec 2024
Answer published
The department is determined that the higher education (HE) funding system should deliver for our economy, universities and students, and the government is committed to supporting the aspiration of every person who meets the requirements and wants to go t...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Learning Disability: Disability Aids
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Holiday Activities and Food Programme
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