Question follow-through · 74026
Armed Forces: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the challenges faced by military families when applying for school places (a) during school holiday periods and (b) other times outside of the normal admissions cycle.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 1 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 8 Oct 2025 · 37 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
1 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the challenges faced by military families when applying for school places (a) during school holiday periods and (b) other times outside of the normal admissions cycle.
3 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Oct 2025
Answer published
The department is committed to supporting the education of service children. Families of UK service personnel can be subject to frequent moves, often requiring them to apply for school places outside the normal admissions round.The School Admissions Code ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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