Question follow-through · 101302
Health Services and Social Services: Vocational Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidence her Department used to determine that the BTEC Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care should no longer be funded; and whether she will publish that analysis.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 17 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jan 2026 · 22 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidence her Department used to determine that the BTEC Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care should no longer be funded; and whether she will publish that analysis.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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8 Jan 2026
Answer published
In October, the department published a consultation which detailed our plans to introduce V Levels, which will offer a vocational alternative to A levels and T Levels. We have proposed a range of subjects for delivery through V Levels, including Health an...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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