Question follow-through · 114151
Students: Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of setting the annual level of student maintenance support at a level equivalent to a year's salary paid at the National Living Wage for a 36 hour week
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 20 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 26 Mar 2026 · 34 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
20 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of setting the annual level of student maintenance support at a level equivalent to a year's salary paid at the National Living Wage for a 36 hour week
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Mar 2026
Answer published
The government is committed to supporting the aspiration of every person who meets the requirements and wants to go to university. However, it is essential we keep our higher education system financially sustainable.To help students from the most disadvan...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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