Question follow-through · 91085

Overseas Students: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to Answer of 12 November 2025 to Question 87656, what plans she has to issue updated guidance to higher education providers in the context of the Office for Students’ assessment that reliance on intern

answeredDepartment for Education

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

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to Answer of 12 November 2025 to Question 87656, what plans she has to issue updated guidance to higher education providers in the context of the Office for Students’ assessment that reliance on intern

  2. 17 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Higher education (HE) providers are responsible for managing their finances. As such, they must continue to adapt to uncertainties and financial risks. However, this government is committed to putting the HE sector on a secure financial footing so that it...

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Children's Play

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School Day

17 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will include measures related to breaktime quality within (a) school wellbeing and (b) inspection frameworks.

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Children's Play

17 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that schools have adequate time for play during the school day.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Children's Play

17 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to issue guidance encouraging schools to adopt evidence-based playtime improvement schemes.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pupils: Undocumented Migrants

18 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data she has on the number of children who are irregular migrants and enrolled in schools; and what the estimated annual cost is for educating those children.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pupils: Cancer

20 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of local authority provision for children who miss substantial periods of school due to cancer treatment.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pupils: Cancer

20 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure consistency of support offered by local authorities for children receiving cancer treatment who cannot attend school.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pupils: Cancer

20 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data she holds on educational outcomes for children who miss substantial schooling due to cancer treatment.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Schools: Standards

21 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of current interventions aimed at reducing the attainment gap between boys and girls at a) primary and b) secondary school.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Schools: Standards

21 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of male underrepresentation in the teaching workforce in primary schools on the attainment gap between boys and girls.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Young People: Unemployment

24 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to Answer of 21 November 2025 to Question 91083, on Young People: Unemployment, what assessment she has made of the reasons the UK has above-OECD average youth unemployment in the context of careers gu

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pupils: Work Experience

24 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of pupils who completed two weeks of work experience in each of the last three years.