Question follow-through · 108068
Pupils: Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many asylum seekers there are in the education system by (a) day and (b) month of birth.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 23 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 27 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 2 Feb 2026 · 10 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
23 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many asylum seekers there are in the education system by (a) day and (b) month of birth.
27 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Feb 2026
Answer published
The information requested is not held centrally.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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