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Further Education: Milton Keynes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support colleges in Milton Keynes to utilise new technologies to (a) tackle workload and (b) improve outcomes.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
30 May 2025
Target answer date
3 Jun 2025
Answer
9 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support colleges in Milton Keynes to utilise new technologies to (a) tackle workload and (b) improve outcomes.

  2. 3 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The department has promised to take up a new era in technology, to back our teachers and deliver better life chances for students across the country.We are investing millions of pounds in further evidence generation on the safe and effective use of EdTech...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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