Question follow-through · 115650

Higher Education: Low Incomes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that students from low-income households are encouraged to consider university education.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
26 Feb 2026
Answer
2 Apr 2026 · 37 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that students from low-income households are encouraged to consider university education.

  2. 26 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The department is committed to addressing the persistent disadvantage gap in access to higher education (HE) and we are encouraged by the fact that disadvantaged young people continue to choose this pathway.We are introducing targeted, means-tested mainte...

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Members: Correspondence

9 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expects to provide a response to the letter sent by the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Bromborough on 12th November 2025.