Question follow-through · 128896

Out-of-School Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to maintain the rights of children on Education Otherwise Than At School packages.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
21 Apr 2026
Target answer date
23 Apr 2026
Answer
29 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to maintain the rights of children on Education Otherwise Than At School packages.

  2. 23 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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