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Students: Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the eligibility criteria for free childcare for working parents to include postgraduate research students.

answeredDepartment for Education

About this written question

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
11 Mar 2026
Answer
8 Apr 2026 · 30 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the eligibility criteria for free childcare for working parents to include postgraduate research students.

  2. 11 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    It is our ambition that all families have access to high-quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change.Parents of students are eligible for the universal 15 hours...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Charities: Children

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Care Leavers: Housing

13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the impact on care leavers of being placed in accommodation in areas other than those in which they were residing while in care.

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Pupil Premium

13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she has considered the merits of extending Pupil Premium funding to support disadvantaged students aged 16 to 19.

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Students: Loans

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Children: Social Workers

1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of trauma-informed training for social workers involved in (a) child protection and (b) care arrangements.

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AQA: Conditions of Employment and Pay

8 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has had discussions with the AQA exam board on staff pay and conditions.

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Environment Protection and Litter: Curriculum

15 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of improving the national curriculum on education on littering and environmental responsibility.

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Students: Loans

23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of pausing accrued interest on Plan 2 student loans for graduates while on maternity leave.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

AQA: Conditions of Employment and Pay

23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2026 to question 7572 titled AQA: Conditions of Employment and Pay, what discussions her Department had had with Ofqual specifically regarding pay and conditions for AQA staff.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Swimming: Pupils

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