Question follow-through · 97687
Students: Childcare and Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) treating stipends for PhD students as income for the purposes of calculating benefit entitlement and (b) not treating when calculating entitlement to
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 5 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 7 Jan 2026 · 33 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) treating stipends for PhD students as income for the purposes of calculating benefit entitlement and (b) not treating when calculating entitlement to
9 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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7 Jan 2026
Answer published
It is our ambition that all families have access to high quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change. Student parents are eligible for the universal 15 hours of...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Pupils: Clothing
14 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of inadequate winter clothing, including the absence of an adequate coat, on students.