Question follow-through · 90017

Children in Care: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing match-funding for incentive payments to Stepladder PLUS.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
13 Nov 2025
Answer
19 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing match-funding for incentive payments to Stepladder PLUS.

  2. 13 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The department wants to ensure that children leaving care have stable homes, access to health services, support to build lifelong loving relationships, and are engaged in education, employment and training.We recognise the importance of financial skills, ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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