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Mature Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that mature students who wish to retrain as doctors are able to access available financial support; and what assessment her Department has made of the extent t

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
27 Jan 2026
Target answer date
2 Feb 2026
Answer
2 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that mature students who wish to retrain as doctors are able to access available financial support; and what assessment her Department has made of the extent t

  2. 2 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The government is committed to ensuring the country develops the skills needed to break down barriers to opportunity and so is introducing the Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE). This will launch in the 2026/27 academic year for learners up to aged 60 st...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Childcare: Eligibility

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Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

11 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on adopted children, children living under Special Guardianship Orders, and their families of the reductions to the Adoption and Special Guardians

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Religion: Curriculum

10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with the Religious Education Council’s Task and Finish Group on the development of the proposed Programmes of Study for a potential National Curriculum for Religious Educa

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Pupils: Absenteeism

3 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of school attendance penalty notice regulations on families of emergency service workers, including ambulance service staff, with limited ability to choose a

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

PE and Sport Premium

17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the difference in annual funding available to primary schools under the PE and Sport Premium compared to the proposed partnerships network replacement.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

PE and Sport Premium

17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that primary schools which have already incorporated PE and Sport Premium funding into their 2026/27 financial plans are not disadvantaged by the discontinuation of

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

PE and Sport Premium

17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she consulted headteachers and primary school leaders before discontinuing the PE and Sport Premium.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

PE and Sport Premium

17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department conducted an equality impact assessment prior to discontinuing the PE and Sport Premium.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

PE and Sport Premium

17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidence her Department used to determine that the proposed partnerships network would deliver equivalent outcomes for pupil physical activity and wellbeing as the PE and Sport Premium.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pupils: Attendance

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of school attendance penalty notice regulations on NHS ambulance service staff with limited ability to choose annual leave due to operational rost

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Free School Meals: Finance

15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the difference between the Universal Infant Free School Meals funding rate and the average cost of meal provision charged by catering providers; and whether she intends to increase the funding rate to reflect rising food and operational costs.