Question follow-through · 84908

Further Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help further education colleges support young people who are not in education, employment or training through (a) flexible funding arrangements and (b) supporting collabor

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
24 Oct 2025
Target answer date
28 Oct 2025
Answer
4 Nov 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help further education colleges support young people who are not in education, employment or training through (a) flexible funding arrangements and (b) supporting collabor

  2. 28 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Through the Post-16 education and skills white paper, the department is committed to enabling local and strategic authorities, schools, and further education (FE) providers to more effectively identify, track and share data about young people. These measu...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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