Question follow-through · 31701
Mature Students
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the factors contributing to the decline in mature student applications.
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
- 13 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 26 Feb 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the factors contributing to the decline in mature student applications.
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Feb 2025
Answer published
Data published by Universities and Colleges Admissions Services (UCAS) on full-time undergraduate higher education (HE) applications for the 2025 admissions cycle shows the overall number of applicants to UK HE is slightly higher than last year, with dema...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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