Question follow-through · 61859
Higher Education: Care Leavers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support estranged and care-experienced students in higher education.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jul 2025 · 17 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
23 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support estranged and care-experienced students in higher education.
25 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jul 2025
Answer published
The department is committed to ensuring that care experienced and estranged people can access, participate and achieve in higher education (HE).All looked-after children must have a personal education plan, which should set out the support needed to help ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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