Question follow-through · 126348
Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that cases of retrospective withdrawal of student finance do not occur in future.
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
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2026 · 19 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
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that cases of retrospective withdrawal of student finance do not occur in future.
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2026
Answer published
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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