Question follow-through · 35263
Education: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help reduce the divide in attainment between the north and south of England; and what the barriers are to reducing that divide.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 12 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help reduce the divide in attainment between the north and south of England; and what the barriers are to reducing that divide.
6 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Mar 2025
Answer published
All children and young people should have every opportunity to succeed, no matter who they are or where they are from. However, we know that too many children and young people face barriers to learning. This is not acceptable, which is why the Opportunity...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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