Question follow-through · 21749

Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference page 36 of the publication entitled Plan for Change: Milestones for mission-led government, published on 5 December 2024, what level of qualification will be considered higher-level.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
3 Jan 2025
Target answer date
7 Jan 2025
Answer
13 Jan 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 3 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference page 36 of the publication entitled Plan for Change: Milestones for mission-led government, published on 5 December 2024, what level of qualification will be considered higher-level.

  2. 7 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Plan for Change sets out the government’s long-term plan to improve the lives of working people and deliver a decade renewal across our country through ambitious, but achievable, milestones by the end of this Parliament. As part of the Plan for Change...

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