Question follow-through · 105788
Students: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to engage (a) disabled students and (b) sector representatives when developing policy.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 19 Jan 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to engage (a) disabled students and (b) sector representatives when developing policy.
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Jan 2026
Answer published
The department regularly engages with a range of stakeholders, including organisations representing disabled students, disability experts, higher education providers and the Student Loans Company, to gather feedback and insights that inform policy develop...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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