Question follow-through · 29385
Higher Education: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to widen access to higher education by underrepresented groups.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 18 Feb 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to widen access to higher education by underrepresented groups.
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Feb 2025
Answer published
Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.Access to higher education (HE) should be based on ability, not someone’s background. Opportunity should be available to all, and it is the department’s aspiration ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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