Question follow-through · 31295
Student Wastage: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of potential implications for her policies of the proportion of university students who leave their university courses early due to mental health issues.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 12 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 26 Feb 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of potential implications for her policies of the proportion of university students who leave their university courses early due to mental health issues.
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Feb 2025
Answer published
This government is breaking down barriers to opportunity by ensuring young people receive the mental health support they deserve. It is vital that higher education (HE) students are supported to achieve and thrive during their time at university.Figures o...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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