Question follow-through · 908044

Higher Education: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to meet the target of two-thirds of young people participating in higher-level learning.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
2 Mar 2026
Answer
2 Mar 2026 · 6 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 meet the target of two-thirds of young people participating in higher-level learning.

  2. 2 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    We have set an ambition to have two-thirds (66.7%) of young people participating in higher-level learning, academic, technical, or an apprenticeship, by age 25.The Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper sets out our path to meeting that ambition, by rai...

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