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Better Futures Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to ensure that the Better Futures Fund includes provision for disabled children and young people.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

About this written question

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
10 Oct 2025
Target answer date
14 Oct 2025
Answer
17 Oct 2025 · 7 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

  1. 10 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to ensure that the Better Futures Fund includes provision for disabled children and young people.

  2. 14 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    DCMS are currently in the policy development stages of the Fund; therefore, decisions on funding criteria and eligibility are yet to be confirmed, with an aim to publish policy guidance in 2026 which will indicate the overall fund timelines.As announced i...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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