Question follow-through · 101689
Pupil Premium: Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to review the eligibility criteria for pupil premium funding so that all children from families receiving Universal Credit are entitled to support.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 30 Jan 2026 · 43 calendar days after tabling
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- Children: Food Poverty · 12 Mar 2026
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to review the eligibility criteria for pupil premium funding so that all children from families receiving Universal Credit are entitled to support.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jan 2026
Answer published
This government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity so that all our children have the freedom to achieve and thrive in education. We are providing over £3 billion of pupil premium funding in financial year 2025/26 to improve educational ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Children: Food Poverty
12 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of (a) trends in the level of child morning hunger across early years, primary and secondary school settings and (b) the potential impact of child morning hunger on school readiness
Curriculum: Public Consultation
4 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to launch the Curriculum and Assessment Review Programmes of Study consultation in summer 2026.