Question follow-through · 904610

Pupils: Young Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the under reporting of young carer numbers in the school census 2025.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
10 Jun 2025
Target answer date
16 Jun 2025
Answer
16 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the under reporting of young carer numbers in the school census 2025.

  2. 16 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The impact of caring on education has been hidden for too long. The school census data is already shining a light on this issue despite the underreporting. It has given the department hard evidence on young carer’s attendance, suspensions and exclusions, ...

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