Question follow-through · 61466

Further Education: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the extent of potential regional disparities in academic post-16 provision.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
19 Jun 2025
Target answer date
23 Jun 2025
Answer
27 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the extent of potential regional disparities in academic post-16 provision.

  2. 23 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The department publishes annually the attainment of students at the end of their 16 to 18 study in England, including for A levels and other academic level 3 qualifications. Key headline statistics are broken down by geographical areas based on school and...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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