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.
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
- 24 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 2 Apr 2026 · 37 calendar days after tabling
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- Members: Correspondence · 9 Mar 2026
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Recorded timeline
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.
26 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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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.