Question follow-through · 53809
Lifelong Education and Digital Technology: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support is available to promote (a) lifelong learning and (b) digital inclusion for older people.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 20 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 May 2025
- Answer
- 30 May 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support is available to promote (a) lifelong learning and (b) digital inclusion for older people.
22 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 May 2025
Answer published
The department is investing in education and skills training for adults through the Adult Skills Fund, which fully funds or co-funds education and skills training for eligible adults aged 19 and above from pre-entry to level 3, to help them gain the skill...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Autism: Education
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Special Educational Needs: Essex
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Special Educational Needs
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Special Educational Needs
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Further Education: Disadvantaged
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Sixth Form Education: Qualifications
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Sixth Form Education: Location
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Internet: Safety
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